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Methods for positioning a load-bearing orthopedic implant device in vivo

  • US 20080154266A1
  • Filed: 12/21/2006
  • Published: 06/26/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for positioning a load-bearing component of an orthopedic implant, comprising:

  • providing a malleable device, the device including a biocompatible sheath and a curable material sealed within the sheath, the device having a non-rigid form and being transformable to a rigid form after application of a quantity of an initiating energy to the material effective to cure the material;

    inserting the device to an in vivo location where the provision of load-bearing functionality is desired; and

    applying a dose of the initiating energy to the material.

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