Adjunctive implants for fracture stabilization
AssigneePZ Ortho
InventorsEdward PEREZ, Nephi ZUFELT
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Abstract
A system for stabilization of a bone of a patient, the bone including a fracture and a bone void, and the bone void resulting in insufficient structural strength, may include a first implant configured to reduce the fracture of the bone, and an adjunctive implant configured to be coupled with the first implant. The adjunctive implant may be further configured to be received within the bone void such that the adjunctive implant may provide structural support to the bone from within the bone void.
Claims20
A system for stabilization of a bone of a patient, the bone comprising a fracture and a bone void, wherein the bone void results in insufficient structural strength of the bone, the system comprising:
- a first implant configured to reduce the fracture of the bone;
- and
- an adjunctive implant configured to be coupled with the first implant;
- wherein the adjunctive implant is further configured to be received within the bone void such that the adjunctive implant provides structural support to the bone from within the bone void.
A system for stabilization of a bone of a patient, the bone comprising a fracture and a bone void, the system comprising:
- a first implant configured to reduce the fracture of the bone, the first implant comprising an access aperture;
- an adjunctive implant comprising a compressed state and an expanded state;
- and
- a bone filler material configured to be introduced into the adjunctive implant;
- wherein:
- the adjunctive implant is insertable through the access aperture into the bone void;
- the bone filler material is insertable through the access aperture into the adjunctive implant;
- and
- the adjunctive implant is transitionable from the compressed state to the expanded state through introduction of the bone filler material.
A system for stabilization of a bone of a patient, the bone comprising a fracture and a bone void, the system comprising:
- a first segment configured to reduce the fracture of the bone;
- and
- a second segment configured to be coupled with the first segment;
- wherein:
- the first segment and the second segment are additively manufactured;
- the first segment comprises a first material;
- the second segment comprises a second material, different than the first material;
- and
- the first material is more rigid than the second material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.