The proprietary MarrowMiner® System is designed to rapidly and easily harvest bone marrow in a minimally-invasive manner, in the outpatient setting, and without general anesthesia.

The system consists of an access guide, a powered handle that drives a flexible atraumatic shaft through which marrow is aspirated, and an integrated marrow collection container. The MarrowMiner shaft gains access to the bone marrow cavity through the access guide to allow the removal of bone marrow through a single entry site. This is in contrast to the current practice of bone marrow aspiration through the insertion of a needle into multiple sites in the iliac crest of the hip, which usually requires general anesthesia, an operating room, and multiple clinical personnel.

Preclinical large animal studies demonstrated the ability of the MarrowMiner to safely harvest large volumes of marrow, with several-fold increase in stem cell activity compared to marrow obtained by standard needle aspiration. Future products in development will include additional devices that will work in tandem with the MarrowMiner System to facilitate stem cell therapy for a wide selection of diseases, including Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), diabetes and neurodegenerative disease.

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