Bone graft delivery surgical instruments
First Claim
1. A kit of surgical instruments comprising a plurality of differently sized and/or shaped hollow tubes and a plurality of differently sized and/or shaped plungers, each of said plungers corresponding to at least one of said hollow tubes, whereby a surgeon may select a hollow tube and a corresponding plunger, said selected hollow tube and said corresponding plunger corresponding with one another depending upon the size and shape of the graft receiving area and the prosthesis to be implanted at such area, said hollow tubes and said plungers being constructed and arranged such that bone graft can be placed within said selected hollow tube with said corresponding plunger, and said selected hollow tube can be moved away from a graft receiving area to leave the graft and said corresponding plunger at such area.
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Abstract
A kit of surgical instruments comprises a plurality of differently sized/shaped hollow tubes constructed to receive bone graft, and a plurality of differently sized and/or shaped plungers to be inserted into the hollow tube. A surgeon may select a hollow tube and plunger which correspond based upon the size and shape of the graft receiving area and the prosthesis to be implanted. The plungers are further constructed and arranged so that when the hollow tube is moved in a direction away from a graft receiving area, the bone graft is delivered to the graft receiving area. A set of modular plunger portions may be included for constructing a plunger corresponding to a tube.
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- 1. A kit of surgical instruments comprising a plurality of differently sized and/or shaped hollow tubes and a plurality of differently sized and/or shaped plungers, each of said plungers corresponding to at least one of said hollow tubes, whereby a surgeon may select a hollow tube and a corresponding plunger, said selected hollow tube and said corresponding plunger corresponding with one another depending upon the size and shape of the graft receiving area and the prosthesis to be implanted at such area, said hollow tubes and said plungers being constructed and arranged such that bone graft can be placed within said selected hollow tube with said corresponding plunger, and said selected hollow tube can be moved away from a graft receiving area to leave the graft and said corresponding plunger at such area.
- 14. A kit of surgical instruments comprising a plurality of differently sized and/or shaped hollow tubes and a plurality of differently sized and/or shaped plunger portions, the plunger portions being connectable to form a modular plunger for each of the hollow tubes, whereby a surgeon may select a hollow tube and construct a modular plunger from said plunger portions which corresponds with said selected hollow tube depending upon the size and shape of the graft receiving area and the prosthesis to be implanted at such area, said selected hollow tube and said plunger portions being constructed and arranged such that bone graft can be placed within said selected hollow tube with said modular plunger, and said selected hollow tube can be moved away from a graft receiving area to leave the graft and said modular plunger at such area.
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