| US 7,537,597 B2 | ||
| Storage package for coring reamer assembly | ||
| Bartolome J. Salazar, Alpharetta, Ga. (US); Andrea Brasfield, St. Petersburg, Fla. (US); and Mark A. Bellafiore, Clearwater, Fla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Linvatec Corporation, Largo, Fla. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 12, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/988,238. | ||
| Application 10/988238 is a division of application No. 10/104577, filed on Mar. 22, 2002, granted, now 6,857,520. | ||
| Application 10/104577 is a division of application No. 09/769666, filed on Jan. 25, 2001, granted, now 6,451,023. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0090830 A1, Apr. 28, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 606—80 [128/898] | 2 Claims |
| 1. 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.
|