System and method to fuse bone
AssigneeThoragenix Innovations, Inc.
InventorsFrederick J. Thabet, II, Ravi Kanagala, James Searle
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Abstract
A synthetic implant is provided that is operable to be disposed between and fuse two sections of a bone. The synthetic implant includes a synthetic material that is operable to abut against the two sections of the bone. The synthetic material is porous and/or fibrous and is operable to receive at least one cellular growth factor. The synthetic material can be combined with other synthetic materials or human bone tissue or animal bone tissue or other human or animal tissue that is suitable to act as a platform or scaffold on which new bone can grow or to cause bone to fuse together.
Claims17
An at least partially synthetic implant operable to be disposed between and fuse two sections of a bone, the at least partially synthetic implant comprising:
- a synthetic material operable to abut against the two sections of the bone, the synthetic material being porous and/or fibrous and operable to receive at least one cellular growth factor, the synthetic material being oversized relative to severed sternal edge surfaces of the two sections of bone such that the synthetic implant is operable to embed the severed sternal edge surfaces of the two sections of bone and create sternal construct stabilization via the embedding of the severed sternal edge surfaces into the synthetic material.
A method to fuse two sections of a bone, the method comprising:
- disposing an at least partially synthetic implant between the two sections of the bone, the at least partially synthetic implant including a synthetic material operable to abut against the two sections of the bone, and the synthetic material being porous and/or fibrous and operable to receive at least one carrier component;
- embedding one or more sternal edges of the two sections of the bone into the at least partially synthetic implant resulting in embedded sternal edges;
- compressing the at least partially synthetic implant between the two sections of the bone such that the synthetic material is abutting against the two sections of the bone;
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- securing the compression of the at least partially synthetic implant and the two sections of the bone such that the at least partially synthetic implant with the embedded sternal edges form a stabilized sternal construct.
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