Method of using body tissue
AssigneeBonutti 2003 Trust-A
InventorPeter M. Bonutti
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Abstract
A method of using body tissue is disclosed. Pieces of body tissue are obtained, they are shaped to form an article having a desired configuration, and the article is implanted into a patient's body.
Claims36
A method of using tissue comprising the steps of obtaining a plurality of pieces of body tissue, shaping the plurality of pieces of body tissue to form an article having a desired configuration, and positioning the article in a patient's body,
- wherein said step of shaping includes applying pressure to the plurality of pieces of body tissue as a unit to interconnect the plurality of pieces of body tissue and thereby form the article;
- wherein said step of shaping further includes placing the pieces of body tissue in a forming chamber having a configuration corresponding to the desired configuration of the article and removing the article from the forming chamber prior to positioning the article in a patient's body;
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- wherein the article has a core containing body tissue during the shaping step.
A method of using tissue comprising the steps of obtaining a plurality of pieces of body tissue, shaping the plurality of pieces of body tissue to form an article having a desired configuration, and positioning the article in a patient's body,
- wherein said step of obtaining a plurality of pieces of body tissue includes obtaining a plurality of pieces of bone and a piece of fibrous connective tissue, said step of shaping the plurality of pieces of body tissue includes connecting a plurality of pieces of bone to ends of the fibrous connective tissue to form a substitute anterior cruciate ligament, said step of positioning the article in the patient's body includes replacing an anterior cruciate ligament with the substitute anterior cruciate ligament.
A method of using tissue comprising the steps of obtaining a plurality of pieces of body tissue, shaping the plurality of pieces of body tissue to form an article having a desired configuration, cooling the plurality of pieces of body tissue during performance of said step of shaping the plurality of pieces of body tissue, and positioning the article in a patient's body, wherein the article has a core containing body tissue.
A method of using tissue comprising the steps of obtaining a plurality of pieces of body tissue, shaping the plurality of pieces of body tissue to form an article having a desired configuration, heating the plurality of pieces of body tissue during performance of said step of shaping the plurality of pieces of body tissue, and positioning the article in a patient's body wherein the article has a core containing body tissue.
A method of using tissue comprising the steps of obtaining a plurality of pieces of body tissue, shaping the plurality of pieces of body tissue to form an article having a desired configuration, and positioning the article in a patient's body,
- wherein said step of shaping includes applying pressure to the plurality of pieces of body tissue as a unit to interconnect the plurality of pieces of body tissue and thereby form the article;
- wherein an antibiotic is added to the plurality of pieces of body tissue prior to performing said step of shaping the plurality of pieces of body tissue;
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- wherein the article has a core containing body tissue during the shaping step.
A method of using human tissue comprising the steps of removing tissue from a human body, removing fluid from the tissue removed from the human body, shaping the tissue removed from the human body to form an implant having a desired configuration, inserting the implant into a patient's body, and expanding the implant in the patient's body by absorbing fluid from the patient's body with the implant.
A method of using tissue, said method comprising the steps of obtaining a plurality of bone fragments, positioning the bone fragments in a forming chamber with a carrier material, simultaneously shaping the bone fragments and carrier material to a configuration corresponding to the configuration of the forming chamber, said step of shaping the bone fragments and carrier material includes heating the carrier material and bone fragments, removing an article formed of at least carrier material and bone fragments and having a configuration corresponding to the configuration of the forming chamber from the forming chamber, and implanting the article formed of at least bone fragments and carrier material in a patient's body, wherein the article has a core containing body tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.