发明名称 |
Micro-structure particles for load bearing bone growth |
摘要 |
The present disclosure relates to methods of facilitating bone growth. The method may include positioning a device around at least a portion of a bone exhibiting a defect, the device capable of retaining bone segments and micro-structured particles. The method may also include applying micro-structure particles within the device to the defect, wherein each of the micro-structure particles include at least one pore therein. In addition, the method may include aligning at least a portion of the micro-structure particles and applying a polymer to the particles and solidifying the polymer. |
申请公布号 |
US9039784(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.05.26 |
申请号 |
US200912510582 |
申请日期 |
2009.07.28 |
申请人 |
Southwest Research Institute |
发明人 |
Nicolella Daniel P.;Nitin Nitin;Hanson Heather S.;Chan Kwai S. |
分类号 |
A61F2/28;A61F2/30;A61L27/40;A61L27/44;A61L27/46;A61L27/12;A61L27/10;A61L27/04 |
主分类号 |
A61F2/28 |
代理机构 |
Grossman, Tucker et al |
代理人 |
Grossman, Tucker et al |
主权项 |
1. A method of facilitating bone growth in a patient having a site of a bone fracture with bone segments, comprising:
positioning a flexible tubular device comprising a bioresorbable polymer material, said positioning being at the site of the bone fracture and around an external surface of the bone fracture; affixing the flexible tubular device to the bone segments to retain the bone segments and form an affixed device at the site of the bone fracture; filling micro-structure particles into said affixed device so as to apply said micro-structure particles to said fracture, wherein each of said micro-structure particles has a longitudinal axis and include a first pore extending through an entire thickness of said micro-structure particles along the longitudinal axis, said first pore having a diameter in the range of 50 μm to 1,000 μm; aligning at least a portion of said micro-structure particles within said affixed device at the site of the bone fracture along their longitudinal axes into a plurality of rows such that:
each row comprises a plurality of said micro-structure particles; andfirst pores of adjacent micro-structure particles in each row are aligned so as to provide an interconnected pore structure forming a channel spanning across and through the plurality of said micro-structure particles; applying a filler polymer having a viscosity of less than or equal to 500,000 centipoise to said aligned micro-structure particles at the site of the bone fracture; and solidifying said polymer at the site of the bone fracture. |
地址 |
San Antonio TX US |