Patent ID: 7537597

Claim:
A method of storing and using a coring reamer comprising: (a) providing a cylindrical tube having a closed distal end and an open proximal end closeable with a cap; (b) providing the cap with an opening therethrough configured to receive a coring reamer so that the coring reamer is non-rotatably received within the opening of the cap; (c) placing a coring reamer within the tube by attaching a predetermined portion of the coring reamer to the cap opening to thereby suspend the coring reamer in the tube in a cantilevered manner; (d) providing the coring reamer with a tool attachment portion accessible from an extension of the tube; (e) attaching a tool to the tool attachment portion; (f) attaching the tool to a handpiece to rotate the coring reamer to form a bone core therein; (g) removing the coring reamer from the tube and forming a bone core within the coring reamer; (h) reattaching the coring reamer, with the bone core, to the tube and cap opening in a cantilevered manner; (i) inserting a plunger through a proximal end of the coring reamer through a passageway of the coring reamer to push a bone core from a distal end of the coring reamer; and (j) pulling the plunger from the coring reamer so the coring reamer and bone core remain within the cylindrical tube.