Patent ID: 7846166

Claim:
A system for providing spongy bone with bone substitute and/or bone reinforcing material, including: at least one perforating device ( 4 ) configured to make at least one hole ( 5 ) in the spongy bone ( 1 ), at least one flushing or rinsing device ( 6 ) configured to flush or rinse the hole ( 5 ) with a rinsing agent ( 7 ), at least one supply device ( 8 ) configured to supply the bone substitute and/or bone reinforcing material ( 3 ) to the hole ( 5 ) in the spongy bone ( 1 ), and at least one vacuum source ( 9 ) configured to generate a vacuum in the hole ( 5 ) in the spongy bone ( 1 ), suck the rinsing agent ( 7 ) into the hole ( 5 ) in the spongy bone ( 1 ), and to suck rinsing agent ( 7 ) and tissue material out of said hole ( 5 ), wherein said vacuum source ( 9 ) is further configured to suck the bone substitute and/or bone reinforcing material ( 3 ) into the hole ( 5 ) in the spongy bone ( 1 ) from the supply device, and wherein said vacuum source ( 9 ) is configured to generate a vacuum of between −0.5 bar and −0.92 bar in the hole ( 5 ) of the spongy bone ( 1 ).