Bone marrow aspiration instrument

• US 7,081,123 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2002
• Issued: 07/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
• Original Assignee: Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
• Inventors: Tanaka, Kazuna, Merboth, Barbara L., Naoi, Yukiko, Kapec, Jeffrey, Stephens, Adam
• Primary Examiner(s): Dawson, Glenn K.
• Application Number:
  US10/173,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20030233114A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,498 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 606/185
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/025 for taking bone, bone marrow or cartilage samples
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2010/0258 Marrow samples
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/062 penetration depth

Abstract

The cannula handle housing includes a recessed seat, wings extending outwardly from the recessed seat in the housing for engagement with a physician'"'"'s hand and a stem which extends from said housing to hold a portion of a cannula The cannula has a distal sharpened end and a proximal end secured to a Luer lock. The stylet includes a longitudinal member having a sharp tip with the other end of the stylet formed with an anvil structure which is molded into a stylet cap. The stylet cap is a housing which includes a projection portion having a complimentary configuration to the recessed seat formed in said cannula housing for interlocking with the Luer lock of the cannula housing. The stylet inserts into the cannula and with a twist, locks about the Luer lock on the proximal end of the cannula.

Claims

1. A bone marrow aspiration instrument comprising:

an elongated tubular cannula having an axially extending lumen therethrough and having distal and proximal ends;

a handle body secured to the proximal end of said cannula, said handle body being provided with wing portions extending outwardly from to the axis of said cannula and defining a rounded cavity aligned with and open to the proximal end of said cannula, said handle further defining a stem positioned opposite said rounded cavity and extending away from said cavity and surrounding said cannula, each wing portion defining a lower outwardly curved lower surface and an upper planar surface, a stylet comprising a solid metal elongated shaft having a sharpened tip on one end and an anvil striking portion formed on its other end, said anvil portion being generally cylindrical with one end tapering to said shaft and the other end forming a planar striking surface, a stylet handle secured to said stylet on its proximal end, said stylet handle defining a rounded projection which seats in said cannula handle cavity and wing portions seated upon said cannula handle body wing portions upper planar surface, said elongated stylet shaft being slidably received within said cannula lumen, said stylet sharpened distal tip extending distally from the distal end of said cannula when said stylet is mounted in cannula lumen, locking means mounted in said cannula handle retaining said stylet in said cannula so that force may be applied to the striking surface of said elongated stylet positioned in said cavity without relative rotation between said elongated stylet and said elongated cannula, said handle body and said stylet handle when mounted together having a greater surface area located on one side of said cannula axis and a minor surface area located on an opposite side of said cannula axis so that both handle bodies are eccentrically mounted on the axis of said cannula.

2. A bone marrow aspiration instrument according to claim 1 wherein said stylet has a triangular planar surfaced tip.

3. A bone marrow aspiration instrument according to claim 1 wherein said stylet has a triangular concave surfaced tip.

4. A bone marrow aspiration instrument according to claim 1 wherein said cannula has scalloped sharpened end.

5. A bone marrow aspiration instrument according to claim 1 wherein a Luer lock is secured to said cannula handle communicating with said cannula lumen and extends upward into said cannula handle cavity.

6. A bone marrow aspiration instrument for use in collecting bone marrow from preselected portions of a human bone comprising:

a. a cannula having a proximal end and a distal end with a lumen transversing said cannula from said proximal end to said distal end and a Luer lock secured to said cannula proximal end,

b. a handle body eccentrically mounted to said cannula, said handle body defining gripping members of different lengths extending away from the axis of said cannula and a tapered stem which extends away from said handle body along a portion of said cannula length, said handle body further defining a seat for a stylet body;

c. a solid stylet comprising a shaft with a proximal end forming an anvil striking surface and a distal end forming a sharpened tip, said stylet being insertable within said lumen of said cannula;

d. a stylet handle secured to said stylet having a body with a protruding configuration allowing it to fit in said cannula handle body stylet seat and gripping members having a planar lower surface and length corresponding to the length of said cannula handle body gripping members which are seated on said cannula handle body gripping members, said stylet anvil striking surface extending above an upper surface of said stylet handle to provide a striking surface; and

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e. means mounted to said stylet handle body coupling said stylet handle body to said Luer lock of said cannula.

7. A bone marrow aspiration instrument according to claim 6 wherein said cannula is coated with a surface lubricant coating.

8. A bone marrow aspiration instrument according to claim 7 wherein said lubricant coating comprising a group consisting of silicone, TEFLON and ground sapphire.

9. A bone marrow aspiration instrument according to claim 6 wherein said cannula surface is laser etched with bands to determine depth of penetration.

10. A bone marrow aspiration instrument according to claim 6 wherein said cannula handle body defines an upper surface with an arcuate seat formed therein to receive and hold said stylet body protruding configuration.

11. A bone marrow aspiration instrument according to claim 6 wherein said cannula and said stylet are constructed of stainless steel.

12. A bone marrow aspiration instrument for use in collecting bone marrow from preselected portions of a human bone comprising:

a. a cannula having a proximal end and a distal end with a lumen transversing said cannula from said proximal end to said distal end and a mounting member mounted to said cannula,

b. a handle body eccentrically mounted to said cannula, said handle body defining gripping sections in the form of wing members of different length extending away from the axis of said cannula and a stem which extends away from said handle body along a portion of said cannula length, said handle body further defining a recessed stylet handle seat, said wing members having an upper planar surface with at least one of said wing member planar surfaces being provided with locking means to prevent rotational movement between said cannula handle and a stylet handle;

c. a solid stylet having a proximal end forming a striking surface and a distal end forming a sharpened tip removably inserted within said lumen of said cannula;

d. a stylet handle secured to said stylet having a body with a protruding configuration allowing it to snugly fit in said cannula body recessed stylet handle seat and extending wing members having a lower planar surface which seats upon said cannula handle body upper planar wing surface; and

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e. means attached to said stylet handle body to releasably couple said stylet handle body to said mounting member of said cannula handle body.

13. A bone marrow aspiration instrument according to claim 12 wherein said locking means is a detent adapted to receive a nipple on said stylet handle.

14. A bone marrow aspiration instrument according to claim 12 wherein said mounting means is a Luer lock.

15. A bone marrow aspiration instrument according to claim 12 wherein said stylet handle defines a chamber configured to receive a Luer lock and is provided with locking rods.

16. A bone marrow collecting instrument comprising:

a stylet handle, said handle having an upper curved surface having an off-center radius to conform to the shape of a user'"'"'s palm, said off-center radius being off-center with respect to a length of the handle, said handle also defining a lower surface defining an arcuate projection section and wing sections with lower planar surfaces;

a stylet extending through said stylet handle a position at least slightly raised from said upper surface through said arcuate projection portion;

a chamber formed in said stylet handle around said stylet forming a chamber to receive a leur lock from a cannula and locking means formed in said handle around said chamber to hold a leur lock in position;

a cannula handle having extending wing portions with upper planar surfaces which engage said stylet handle wing sections lower planar surfaces, a stem and an arcuate recess to receive said first stylet handle section arcuate projecting portion, a cannula secured to said cannula handle, said cannula having a proximal end connected to a luer lock which extends into said cannula handle arcuate recess and said stylet handle recess when the respective handles are mounted to each other.

17. A bone marrow collecting instrument according to claim 16 wherein said cannula is coated with a surface lubricant coating.

18. A bone marrow collecting instrument according to claim 17 wherein said lubricant coating comprises a group consisting of silicone, TEFLON and ground sapphire.

19. A bone marrow collecting instrument according to claim 16 wherein said cannula surface is laser etched with bands to determine depth of penetration.

20. A bone marrow collecting instrument according to claim 16 wherein said stylet comprises an elongated shaft, one end of said shaft being formed to have a sharpened tip, the other end of said shaft tapering to a cylindrical striking anvil with a planar end surface, said planar end surface extending beyond an upper surface of said stylet handle body to form an accessible striking surface.