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US 5,013,315 AGranted
Semiabsorbable bone plate spacer
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorThomas H. Barrows
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Abstract
A medical prosthesis for use in bone fracture fixation comprises a bone plate, a bone plate spacer comprising a blend or mixture of a nonabsorbable polymer and a bioabsorbable polymer, and a means for fastening both the bone plate and the bone plate spacer to the bone.
Claims20
A medical prosthesis for;
- use in bone fracture fixation comprising a bone plate, a bone plate spacer comprising a blend or mixture of a nonabsorbable polymer and a bioabsorbable polymer, and a means for fastening both said bone plate and said bone plate spacer to the bone.
A method for bone fracture fixation comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a medical prosthesis comprising a bone plate, a bone plate spacer comprising a blend or mixture of a nonabsorbable polymer and a bioabsorbable polymer, and a means for fastening bone said bone plate and said bone plate spacer to said bone with said bone plate spacer adjacent said bone, and
- b. securing said prosthesis to said bone by fastening means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.