Method for treatment of bone fractures

• US 3,112,743 A
• Filed: 09/01/1960
• Issued: 12/03/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Di Cosola Michael A, Ulrich D. Cochran
• Original Assignee: Di Cosola Michael A, Ulrich D. Cochran
• Inventors: Cochran, Ulrich D., DI COSOLA MICHAEL A
• Application Number:
  US04/056,618
• Time in Patent Office: 1,188 Days
• US Class Current: 606/80
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/1622 Drill handpieces A61B17/1626, A61B17/1628 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/1646 with sealing means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/8822 characterised by means facilitating expulsion of fluid from the introducer, e.g. a screw pump plunger, hydraulic force transmissions, application of vibrations or a vacuum
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2217/005 with suction drainage system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2217/007 with irrigation system
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 27/2722 provided with ribs, ridges or grooves on one surface
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 27/2723 the surfaces having a conical shape
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 33/50114 of the hand-held gun type
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/1453 by means of jets of fluid, e.g. air

Claims

5. THE PROCESS OF INTERNALLY SPLINTING A FRACTURED ELONGATED LIVING BONE PORTION COMPRISING SETTING THE BONE WITHOUT FURTHER SEVERENCE OF THE BONE, APERTURING THE CORTEX TO THE INTERIOR OF THE BONE PORTION AT A POINT SPACED FROM THE FRACTURE SITE THROUGH A CIRCULAR OPENING IN THE BONE CORTEX, PROGRESSIVELY MIXING AND SIMULTANEOUSLY INJECTING UNDER PRESSURE THROUGH SAID OPENING A VISCOUS RAPIDLY SETTING PLASTIC INTO CONTACT WITH BONE PORTIONS UNEXPOSED TO AIR, LIBERATING CARBON DIOXIDE THROUGHOUT SAID PLASTIC TO EXPAND SAID PLASTIC AND FILL THE LACUNAE OF THE BONE STRUCTURE AND THE INTERSTICES OF THE FRACTURE AND SAID OPENING, AND ABSORBING SAID CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD.