Inventors:
Donald Scanlan - Huntingdon Valley PA, US
Dean Entrekin - Downingtown PA, US
Michael Paris - Lansdale PA, US
Charanpreet Bagga - Phoenixville PA, US
Matthew Hollenbeck - Conshohocken PA, US
International Classification:
A61B 17/32, A61B 17/34, A61B 10/00
US Classification:
606184000, 600564000, 600567000, 606185000
Abstract:
Novel devices and systems are provided to provide safe navigation through cancellous bone marrow spaces attendant to the harvesting of bone marrow. In accordance with a featured embodiment, these comprise a rigid, self re-directing stylet having a proximal, mating end for cooperating with a cannula handle together with a distal end having a convex geometry, such as a dome.