Apparatus and methods of fixating bone

摘要

Apparatus and methods of fixating bone include repairing or remodeling a hard tissue defect with a composite bone structure. The composite bone structure includes at least two hard tissues or bones and a scaffold material fixed together by an adhesive component. The apparatus and methods include positioning the hard tissues/bones, conforming the scaffold material to at least a portion of a surface of the hard tissues/bones, contacting the adhesive component with the hard tissues/bones and the scaffold material, and changing the material state of the adhesive component to another material state at which the adhesive component fixes together the hard tissues/bones and the scaffold material, thereby forming a composite bone structure having a desired rigidity.

主权项

1. A method of fixating bone, comprising:
holding at least two bones in a relative orientation; connecting the bones and a scaffold material by applying an adhesive component only on a surface of each of the bones and the scaffold material, including conforming the scaffold material to at least a portion of the surface of each of the bones and fully enveloping the bones with the scaffold material while positioned in the relative orientation; and fixating the bones and the scaffold material to define a structure having fixed dimensions and a rigidity based on changing the material state of the adhesive component and the material state of the scaffold material, including changing the material state of the adhesive component and changing the material state of the scaffold material after the conforming and while the bones are positioned in the relative orientation.