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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 19, 2005
Date of Patent:
April 7, 2009
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
Inventors:
Jeffrey L. Scifert, Stephen A. Mariano, Richard Stephen Wisdom, Gary Robert Whipple, A. David Boccuti, Roger J. White, Thomas T. Washburn