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# FDA Clears Avitus Bone Harvester Expanded Indication
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-clears-avitus-bone-harvester-expanded-indication/
- Published: 2021-04-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T16:54:48.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5149114

FDA has cleared an expanded indication for the use of the Avitus Bone Harvester technology to debride and capture infected, necrotic, or diseased cancellous bone, such as in the removal of osteomyelitis and cancellous bone tumors. Avitus Orthopaedics [says](https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/avitus-orthopaedics-receives-fda-clearance-for-expanded-indications-of-the-avitus-bone-harvester-2021-04-13?tesla=y&ref=fdaweb.com) the device is a suction-powered surgical instrument that enables surgeons to harvest autologous bone grafts and liquid marrow for a wide range of orthopedic surgeries.