Technologies for cartilage harvesting

Inactive Publication Date: 2020-03-12
MOONEY CHRISTOPHER M +1
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The present patent describes various methods and devices for cutting cartilage. These methods involve applying a force to a cutting head using an actuator or an adapter, and can be performed with or without the use of a special cylinder or extracted chondrocyte. The devices include a sidewall with an edge portion for cutting and a plug that can travel within the cylinder along the sidewall. The technical effects of this patent are improved methods and devices for cutting cartilage, which can facilitate the repair and restoration of damaged or degenerated cartilage.

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However, such technique is imprecise, time-consuming, costly, and inefficient.

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[0020]The present disclosure is now described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which example embodiments of the present disclosure are shown. The present disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as necessarily being limited to the example embodiments disclosed herein. Rather, these example embodiments are provided so that the present disclosure is thorough and complete, and fully conveys the concepts of the present disclosure to those skilled in the relevant art.

[0021]Features described with respect to certain example embodiments may be combined and sub-combined in and / or with various other example embodiments. Also, different aspects and / or elements of example embodiments, as disclosed herein, may be combined and sub-combined in a similar manner as well. Further, some example embodiments, whether individually and / or collectively, may be components of a larger system, wherein other procedures may take preceden...

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Various technologies for cartilage harvesting are provided. Some of the technologies include a method including coupling a cutting head onto an actuator; applying a force to the cutting head via the actuator; and cutting a cartilage with the cutting head based on the force. Some of the technologies include a method including coupling an adapter to a rotary tool, wherein the adapter adapts the rotary tool from a rotary power to an impact power; coupling a cutting head to the adapter; applying a force to the cutting head via the adapter; and cutting a cartilage with the cutting head based on the force. Some of the technologies include a device including a cutting head hosting a plug that is able to travel within the cutting head. Some of the technologies may include an extracted chondrocyte including a sidewall inclined from about five degrees to about twenty five degrees.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS[0001]This patent application is a Divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15 / 494,327 filed 21 Apr. 2019, which claims a benefit of U.S. Patent Application 62 / 325,615 filed 21 Apr. 2016, each of which is herein fully incorporated by reference for all purposes.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]Generally, the present disclosure relates to cartilage harvesting.BACKGROUND[0003]In the present disclosure, where a document, an act and / or an item of knowledge is referred to and / or discussed, then such reference and / or discussion is not an admission that the document, the act and / or the item of knowledge and / or any combination thereof was at the priority date, publicly available, known to the public, part of common general knowledge and / or otherwise constitutes prior art under the applicable statutory provisions; and / or is known to be relevant to an attempt to solve any problem with which the present disclosure is concerned with. Further, nothing is di...

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IPC IPC(8): A61B10/02A61B17/16
CPCA61B17/1604A61B10/025A61B2010/0208A61B17/1659A61B17/1617A61B17/1635
InventorMOONEY, CHRISTOPHER M.WILLIAMS, III, RILEY JOSEPH
OwnerMOONEY CHRISTOPHER M