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Apparatus and method for removal of cement from bone cavities

  • US 5,167,619 A
  • Filed: 05/25/1990
  • Issued: 12/01/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of unidirectionally removing cement from bone or bone cavities containing same which comprises:

  • applying mechanical vibrations to cement adherent on a bone or bone cavity of a subject to melt an area of the cement by vibration; and

    removing the melted cement unidirectionally from the bone or bone cavity by suction or aspiration wherein no traumatic force is applied to said bone.

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