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Rotary powered device for bone marrow aspiration and biopsy yields excellent specimens quickly and efficiently
  1. Ronan T Swords1,
  2. Kevin R Kelly1,
  3. Stephen C Cohen2,
  4. Larry J Miller3,
  5. Thomas E Philbeck3,
  6. Sander O Hacker1,
  7. Cathy J Spadaccini4,
  8. Francis J Giles1,
  9. Andrew J Brenner1
  1. 1University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
  2. 2Cancer Care Centers of South Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
  3. 3Vidacare Corporation, San Antonio, Texas, USA
  4. 4AmeriPath, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, USA
  1. Correspondence to Andrew J Brenner, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA; brennera{at}uthscsa.edu

Abstract

Recently, a new FDA-cleared battery powered bone marrow biopsy system was developed to allow operators access to the bone marrow space quickly and efficiently. A pre-clinical evaluation of the device (OnControl, Vidacare Corporation, San Antonio, TX, USA) on anesthetized pigs was conducted, in addition to a clinical evaluation in hematology clinic patients requiring a bone marrow biopsy. Twenty-six samples were collected from the swine model. No cellular artifact or thermal damage was reported in any of the samples obtained. For the clinical evaluation of the device, 16 patients were recruited. Mean time from needle contact with skin to needle removal was 38.5 +/− 13.94 seconds. No complications were reported. In this study, the manual and powered samples were equivalent in specimen quality. In the patients evaluated, the device was safe, easy to use and the mean procedural time was significantly faster than previously reported with a manual technique.

  • Bone marrow
  • bone marrow trephines
  • haemato-oncology
  • haematopathology
  • histopathology

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Footnotes

  • Competing interests LJM and TEP are employees of Vidacare Corporation which manufactures the device.

  • Ethics approval This study was conducted with the approval of the University of Texas Health Science Center IRB.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.