Paragon 28 Launches Bone Graft Harvesting System
Paragon 28 Morselizing Bone Graft Harvester / Courtesy of Paragon 28 Paragon 28, Inc., located in Englewood, Colorado, has announced the launch and release of an innovative Bone Graft Harvesting System, a product that, according to the company, was created to offer a means to effectively harvest autogenous bone with a straightforward technique, no matter the harvest site chosen. The surgical target is foot and ankle surgery.
According to the company, “Common issues that can arise while obtaining autogenous bone includes removal of graft from the harvester, difficulty controlling the amount of bone harvested, and inconsistency of the morselized bone.”
“The Paragon 28 Bone Graft Harvester addresses these concerns by offering three convenient sizes (6 mm, 8 mm, 10 mm) to provide options when choosing the harvest site. The morselizing tip on the harvester allows for control of consistency based on the speed of the drill, while depth markings assist the surgeon with controlling the harvest volume and penetration depth. A 2.3 mm K-wire is also available in this system for use if a pilot hole is desired.”
Alfred Eastin, product manager for Paragon 28, told OTW, “We obsess over the little details in our products to be sure they serve the surgeon as efficiently as possible.”
“That attention to detail can lead to a lot of changes to the product throughout the design process, so in my opinion the most exciting part of the development process is finalizing a product after months of testing and changes. Being able to hold the final product after all of the work that has been put into it by our team is a great feeling, only beat by observing surgeons utilize it in their operating room.”
“The purpose of the Bone Graft Harvest System is to provide the surgeon with a quick and reproducible means to harvest autograft bone in order to leverage patient biology in a fusion site. The instrumentation we design is specific to the anatomy of the foot and ankle and being able to add our Bone Graft Harvest System to the lineup will only supplement the procedures surgeons are seeing most often. We will continue to add items that we hope will facilitate more reproducibility in surgery so procedures can become more streamlined for al!”
