Patent ID: 8656929

Claim:
A method to releasably engage a non-sterile powered driver with a sterile intraosseous device having a first end operable to penetrate a bone and associated bone marrow and to avoid contamination of the sterile intraosseous device prior to performing a medical procedure with the sterile intraosseous device comprising: removing a cover from a sterile medical procedure tray containing a sterile coupler assembly having a first end and a second end, a sterile containment bag having a first opening engaged proximate the second end of the sterile coupler assembly and the sterile intraosseous device; inserting one end of a drive shaft extending from the non-sterile powered driver through a fenestration in a drape covering the coupler assembly; engaging the one end of the drive shaft with a respective connector receptacle disposed in the second end of the coupler assembly; pulling the drape upwardly to move a second opening of the containment bag over the powered driver; continuing to pull the drape upwardly until the powered driver is disposed within the containment bag; closing the second opening of the containment bag with the powered driver disposed therein; removing the powered driver and the coupler assembly as a single unit from the medical procedure tray; removing the sterile intraosseous device from the medical procedure tray; and inserting a second end of the intraosseous device into a respective connector receptacle disposed in the first end of the coupler assembly.