Bone graft insert

Details Bone graft insert Bone graft insert

1997-01-02

2000-08-29

Yu, Mickey

Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai

Implantable prosthesis

Bone

623 17, A61F 228, A61F 244

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active

061111643

ABSTRACT:
A bone graft insert for graft in a patient includes a dowel formed of cortical bone and being substantially free of extraneous cancellous bone material not from the patient. The dowel has a body portion, the body portion having a sidewall portion and a front end with an end face having a surface which is chamfered with respect to the body portion. The body portion has a transverse cavity extending therethrough between opposite sides of the sidewall portion for receiving allograft or the patient's autogenous tissue.

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