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US 2010/0076503 A1Published application
Bone implant
AssigneeN.M.B. Medical Applications Ltd
InventorsMordechay Beyar, Oren Globerman, Elad Einav
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Abstract
A method of long bone strengthening and a composite implant for such strengthening. Also disclosed is a kit for building a composite implant in-situ in long bones. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the implant comprises a plurality of rigid tensile rods, in matrix of cement and surrounded by a partially porous bag.
Claims31
1-45. (canceled)
A method of preventive surgery, comprising:
- (a) identifying a long bone in need of strengthening;
- and
- (b) implanting a strengthening implant in said bone through an aperture formed in the bone.
A method of preventive surgery, comprising:
- (a) identifying a long bone in need of strengthening;
- and
- (b) building, in situ, a strengthening implant formed of a hardening material and at least one reinforcing element, which reinforcing element is not adapted to anchor in bone.
73-101. (canceled)
A method of constructing an implant comprising:
- (a) forming an opening in cortical bone, which opening is less in diameter than a 30% of a diameter of said bone;
- (b) inserting at least three non-expanding elements through said opening into said bone;
- (c) completing said implant to have a diameter at least 3 times said opening diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.