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US 6,884,247 B1Granted
Methods for treating osteolytic bone lesions
AssigneeWright Medical Technology, Inc.
InventorsCary P. Hagan, Harris R. Brian
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Abstract
Methods for treating osteolytic bone lesions of all kinds are disclosed. The method includes making two holes in the bone adjacent the lesion and first applying a negative pressure source to one hole and then injecting a flushing fluid into the other. The method also includes replacing the flushing fluid line with a source of, at least, bioimplantable material to fill the void left by the flushed out bone lesion.
Claims6
A method of treating an osteolytic bone lesion, comprising the steps of:
- making a first hole in the bone adjacent said bone lesion;
- making a second hole in the skin and bone adjacent said bone lesion;
- attaching a source of negative pressure to said second hole;
- attaching a source of fluid to said first hole;
- injecting said fluid through said first hole and into said bone;
- and
- whereby said fluid mixes with said bone lesion and both said fluid and bone lesion are sucked out of said bone through said second hole, by said negative pressure.
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The method according to claim, 2, wherein said bone lesion further comprises a bone cyst.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.