BOSS Harvester: A Minimally Invasive Bone Grafting Solution
Bone grafts are used commonly in spinal fusion procedures to induce the fusion of adjacent spinal vertebrae. The gold standard bone graft material is autologous bone graft (autograft), which is the patient's own bone. This bone graft provides the best fusion rates; however, obtaining the bone graft requires a secondary procedure that is time consuming to the surgeon and very painful to the patient. Alternative commercial bone graft solutions exist as well. However, these alternatives produce lower fusion rates, worse clinical outcomes and greatly increase the cost of health care. Current minimally invasive methods for bone graft extraction have limited efficiency and also major safety issues. We present a novel medical device for the minimally invasive extraction of autograft from the iliac crest of a patient. This device will allow physicians to achieve high fusion rates without burdening the hospital with the high costs of alternative products or compromising patient safety.
Clinical Advisors
- A. Jay Khanna, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, JHU School of Medicine
- Lee H. Riley III, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, JHU School of Medicine
- Khaled M. Kebaish, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, JHU School of Medicine
Graduate Student Team Members
- Haim Gottfried
- Peter Truskey
- Shoval Dekel
- Maxim Budyansky
- Neil Shah
Additional Information
- BOSS MEDICAL
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