Patent ID: 8858560

Claim:
A method of harvesting and therapeutic application of bone marrow aspirate, comprising: establishing a portal proximal to a human joint using a trocar; inserting an aspiration needle through the portal into the joint and into a surgical site of a bone of the joint and, subsequently, removing the trocar; connecting a first syringe to the aspiration needle and, subsequently, aspirating bone marrow from the surgical site of the bone of the human joint using the first syringe; transferring the bone marrow into a tray containing a biomaterial to hydrate the biomaterial with the bone marrow and to obtain a hydrated biomaterial; applying the hydrated biomaterial with the bone marrow to the same surgical site of the same human joint through an arthroscopic procedure; and securing the hydrated biomaterial with the bone marrow at the human joint by placing suture over the hydrated material with the bone marrow, and securing the suture with fixation devices to the bone, wherein the steps of aspirating and applying bone marrow from and to the same surgical site of the human joint are conducted arthroscopically.