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US 10,849,606 B2Granted
Biodegradable bone plates and bonding systems
AssigneeNovaplast Corporation
InventorsStephen McCarthy, Jeffrey Weinzweig
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Abstract
The invention relates to novel internal fixation devices, such as bone plates, generally and novel craniomaxillofacial bone plates more specifically and systems for bonding the same. More specifically, the invention relates to bone plates made of a polymer blend of (poly)lactic acid and Ecoflex as well as a novel hot-melt adhesive polymer blend of the same material.
Claims10
A method for reconstructing a bone segment cut from a site of interest during an osteotomy, the method comprising:
- melting a hot melt adhesive;
- applying the melted hot melt adhesive onto at least one of the bone segment and the site of interest;
- and
- affixing the bone segment with the site of interest without the use of a secondary fixation device.
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A method for reconstructing a bone segment cut from a site of interest comprising:
- melting a polyester-based hot melt adhesive;
- applying the melted hot melt adhesive onto a site of interest;
- and
- allowing the hot melt adhesive to set.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.