Apparatus for Delivery of Reinforcing Materials to Bone

摘要

An apparatus and methods for delivery of reinforcing materials to a weakened or fractured bone is disclosed. An apparatus for delivering a reinforcing mixture to a bone including a tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, wherein the tube has at least one inner lumen capable of allowing a bone reinforcing mixture to pass therethrough; a balloon engaging the tube wherein the balloon expands from a substantially deflated state to a substantially inflated state upon the bone reinforcing mixture entering the balloon; and at least one light guide extending through the tube into the balloon to guide a light into the balloon.

主权项

1. An apparatus for delivering a reinforcing mixture to a fractured bone of a wrist or a hand, resulting in a wrist reduction, the apparatus comprising:
a tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, wherein the tube has at least one inner lumen for passing a bone reinforcing mixture therethrough; a balloon engaging the distal end of the tube, wherein the balloon expands from a substantially deflated state to a substantially inflated state upon the bone reinforcing mixture entering the balloon; and at least one light guide extending through the tube into the balloon to guide a light into the balloon to cure the bone reinforcing mixture, wherein the balloon, when in the inflated state by the bone reinforcing mixture in a cavity of the fractured bone, aligns bone fragments of the fractured bone.