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US 6,143,036 AGranted
Bone augmentation for prosthetic implants and the like
AssigneeComfort Biomedical, Inc.
InventorChristopher J. Comfort
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Abstract
Bone augmentation in a mammalian body by insertion of a mesh comprising one or more fibrillar wires having a coating into a bone cavity or socket. The one or more fibrillar wires are arranged or assembled into a woolly structure, which may be infused or cultured with a bone morphogenic protein. The mesh is sealed in the cavity to permit new bone to form over time, resulting in an osteointegrated matrix of bone reinforced by the fibrillar wires of the mesh.
Claims12
A method of bone augmentation to support a prosthetic implant device comprising the steps of:
- (a) inserting a mesh into a cavity of a bone, the mesh comprising one or more fibrillar wires having a hydroxy appetite coating, the one or more fibrillar wires being arranged into a woolly structure;
- (b) sealing the mesh in the cavity;
- (c) permitting the bone to grow into the cavity until an osteointegrated matrix is formed;
- (d) coring the osteointegrated matrix to create an opening;
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- (e) inserting the prosthetic implant device in the opening.
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