Patent ID: 7548865

Claim:
A method of preparing a customized donor allograft for a predetermined surgical procedure, the method comprising: receiving at a first business entity predetermined specifications and conditions of a patient to undergo the predetermined surgical procedure, said predetermined specifications and conditions being received from a medical provider separate from said first business entity; the first business entity providing the predetermined specifications and conditions of the patient to a second business entity comprising a tissue bank; the tissue bank harvesting and sizing to a specific diameter, length, width and/or thickness, at least one of a meniscal and an osteochondral donor allograft according to the predetermined specifications and conditions of the patient, and also according to the predetermined surgical procedure to be performed on the patient, as received from the first business entity, thereby creating said customized donor allograft; the first business entity effecting delivery of the customized donor allograft from the tissue bank to the medical provider, and the first business entity delivering surgical instrumentation to the medical provider, said surgical instrumentation being selected based on the customized donor allograft and on the predetermined surgical procedure.