Patent ID: 6022354
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A bone harvesting, collection, and delivery system comprisinga) a drill bit adapted for attachment to a rotary surgical power tool for cutting and morselizing a bone which it engages creating morselized bone fragments;b) a collection reservoir for collecting bone fragments harvested by said drill bit, said collection reservoir having an elongated body member and a removable harvesting cap, said elongated body member having a tubular cannula portion which serves as a cylindrical guide for said drill bit and an enlarged chamber portion which receives the morselized bone fragments;c) a suction port extending through said harvesting cap into said enlarged chamber portion such that suction can be applied to a harvest site through said enlarged chamber portion and said tubular cannula portion so that bone fragments and irrigation fluid are removed from the harvest site by being drawn into a distal end of said tubular cannula portion;d) a fine mesh screen located in said collection reservoir which filters said bone fragments from said irrigation fluid, said bone fragments being retained in said collection reservoir as said irrigation fluid is removed through said suction port.