Patent ID: 8382844

Claim:
A method of fixing a preserved cranial bone flap in a patient, the method comprising: removing a preserved cranial bone flap from a freezer, wherein the cranial bone flap was preserved by cleaning a cranial bone flap, washing the cranial bone flap with a sterile saline solution comprising gentamycin, washing the cranial bone flap with a sterile solution comprising vancomycin, drying the cranial bone flap, wrapping the cranial bone flap, packing the cranial bone flap in one or more layers of sterile contains, and storing the cranial bone flap in a freezer; unwrapping the preserved cranial bone flap from any wrappings; opening a previous wound in a patient for insertion of the preserved cranial bone flap; washing the preserved cranial bone flap with a first sterile saline solution comprising gentamycin; washing the preserved cranial bone flap with a second sterile saline solution comprising vancomycin; refreshing edges of the previous wound by nipping free margins to expose diploic spaces; and fixing the preserved cranial bone flap in place with the previous wound.