Patent ID: 8100874

Claim:
A device for collecting and refining tissue received from a harvesting device under suction from a vacuum source, the apparatus comprising: a canister body including a vacuum port and an evacuation port operable to be placed in communication with the vacuum source, a tissue harvesting port operable to be placed in communication with the harvesting device and to direct a quantity of tissue retrieved by the harvesting device into the canister body when suction is applied to the vacuum port by the vacuum source, and a tissue retrieval port; a separator element dividing the canister body into an upper vacuum chamber in communication with the vacuum port and the tissue harvesting port and a lower vacuum chamber in communication with the evacuation port, the separator element including a plurality of apertures projecting through the separator element and a depression with a channel in communication with the tissue retrieval port; the canister body includes a removable top covering having the vacuum port, the tissue harvesting port, and the evacuation port, and a base including the tissue retrieval port; and the evacuation port includes an elongated tube projecting into the canister body from the covering and having a lower end extending through the separator element and disposed within the lower vacuum chamber.