ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,231, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to In2Bones USA LLC (Memphis, Tenn.).
"Bone graft harvester" was invented by Arley Perez (Memphis, Tenn.) and Rebecca Hawkins Wahl (Escondido, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and methods are provided for a trephine bone graft harvester for extracting morselized bone from patients. The trephine bone graft harvester includes a bone cutter affixed to an outer hub. The bone cutter comprises a hollow tube having cylindrical wall and a distal cutting edge. A bone graft collector is sheathed within the bone cutter. The bone graft collector includes a distal scoop adjacent to the distal...