Biologic Therapies Receive FDA Clearance for Drillable Bone Marrow Cannulas

The devices are available in a variety of lengths, allowing fast and easy bone marrow draws throughout the skeletal anatomy, including the tibia, humerus and calcaneus bones.

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"The ability to aspirate a patient's marrow, concentrate the marrow in a centrifuge to derive the maximum number of regenerative cells and growth factors, and then give the concentrated cells and growth factors back to the patient in a physician's office makes regenerative cell therapy a much easier, more available and less costly procedure. The entire point-of-care procedure takes less than 30 minutes. Of course, the Bio-MAC and Bio-CORE are also used in hospitals and surgery centers, said McKenna. 

Source: Medindia