Inventors:
Mark A. Johanson - Littleton MA
Bill Barnes - Macon GA
Donald J. Rose - New York NY
Assignee:
Johnson Johnson - New Brunswick NJ
International Classification:
A61B 1714
Abstract:
A system for transplanting a bone plug from a donor site to a recipient site extracts the bone plug from the donor site, and then places a bone plug delivery device having a tip which is at least translucent and, preferably, clear over a tube containing the bone plug. The tip is then placed substantially over a pre-formed hole in the recipient site, whereafter the bone plug is forced from the tube, through the transparent tip, and into the pre-formed hole.