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  • Title: Rotary powered device for bone marrow aspiration and biopsy yields excellent specimens quickly and efficiently.
    Author: Swords RT, Kelly KR, Cohen SC, Miller LJ, Philbeck TE, Hacker SO, Spadaccini CJ, Giles FJ, Brenner AJ.
    Journal: J Clin Pathol; 2010 Jun; 63(6):562-5. PubMed ID: 20404008.
    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.
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