Thomas E Washburn

US Patent:

7513901, Apr 7, 2009

Filed:

May 19, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/132268

Inventors:

Jeffrey L. Scifert - Arlington TN, US
Stephen A. Mariano - Westford MA, US
Richard Stephen Wisdom - Mattapan MA, US
Gary Robert Whipple - Attleboro MA, US
A. David Boccuti - Arlington MA, US
Roger J. White - Arlington MA, US
Thomas T. Washburn - Groton MA, US

Assignee:

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. - Warsaw IN

International Classification:

A61B 17/58

US Classification:

606 93, 606 92

Abstract:

The invention relates, according to one embodiment, to a graft syringe assembly for delivering bone graft material is disclosed. The graft syringe assembly comprises a syringe subassembly including a syringe barrel having an inner chamber adapted for receiving bone graft material, a plunger adapted for expelling bone graft material from the inner chamber, the plunger slidably received within the inner chamber, and a syringe adapter coupled to the syringe barrel. The graft syringe assembly further comprises a connection subassembly coupled to the syringe adapter, and a delivery tube subassembly coupled to the connection subassembly, wherein the connection subassembly is configured to allow the delivery tube subassembly to rotate relative to the syringe subassembly.