DEFORMABLE IMPLANT SYSTEMS AND METHODS

摘要

The present invention provides a deformable implant and a deformation app aratus. The implant has an elongated shape and may be inserted into the intr amedullary canal of a fractured bone The implant may have a support structur e and thermo-chemically activated matrix material, deformable at a first sta te and hardened at a second state, surrounding the support structure. The de formation apparatus is shaped to be inserted co-axially into the implant, an d includes a tube co-axially positioned inside a balloon, and a set of hoses connected to the tube and the balloon A heat source, a cartridge and a pump may be connected to the apparatus to supply heat, and regulate temperature and pressure of a liquid or gas and circulate it through the balloon Liquid or gas is introduced through the hoses into the balloon to inflate the ballo on and cause the surrounding implant to expand radially.