| abstract |
Bone marrow access apparatus includes a bone attachment part attachable to bone, a tubular conduit part attached to the bone attachment part defining a conduit communicating with a hollow interior of the bone attachment part, a port attached to the conduit part. The port defines a hollow interior communicating with the conduit defined by the conduit part. One or more optional flow control components are in a passage defined by the interior of the bone attachment member, the conduit of the conduit part and the interior of the port and operatively restrict inflow or outflow. A localization part is on the port and enables the port to be located through skin. In use, a sampling device is inserted through skin overlying the port, through the passage defined by the apparatus, through the flow control component(s), and into the marrow space. Marrow is captured and then the sampling device is removed. |