US Patent Issued to Treace Medical Concepts on March 25 for "Bone harvester and bone marrow removal system and method" (Tennessee, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,163, issued on March 25, was assigned to Treace Medical Concepts Inc. (Ponte Vedra, Fla.).

"Bone harvester and bone marrow removal system and method" was invented by F. Barry Bays (Collierville, Tenn.), David L Brumfield (Collierville, Tenn.), Joe William Ferguson (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) and Carlos Eduardo Gil (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone harvester and bone marrow removal system. The bone harvester can include a body defining a channel extending longitudinally therethrough from a distal to a proximal portion of the body. The distal portion can include a cutting tip. Bone marrow may be drawn through the cha...