Method, apparatus and assembly for terminating bleeding from a bone
First Claim
1. A method for terminating bleeding from a portion of a bone which, in a natural state, has muscle overlying that portion, and which portion has been opened so as to expose a substantial portion of the interior of the bone and to be subject to substantial bleeding therefrom, the method comprising the steps of extending the muscle over the opened portion of the bone, and fixing the muscle to the bone using at least one bone anchor, wherein the at least one bone anchor extends into the bone and attaches the muscle in snug engagement with the opened portion of the bone so as to terminate bleeding therefrom.
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Abstract
A method for terminating bleeding from a portion of a bone, which portion has been opened so as to be subject to bleeding, including the steps of extending a covering over the opened portion of the bone, and fixing the covering to the bone such that the covering is in snug engagement with the opened portion of the bone so as to terminate bleeding from the bone.
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- 1. A method for terminating bleeding from a portion of a bone which, in a natural state, has muscle overlying that portion, and which portion has been opened so as to expose a substantial portion of the interior of the bone and to be subject to substantial bleeding therefrom, the method comprising the steps of extending the muscle over the opened portion of the bone, and fixing the muscle to the bone using at least one bone anchor, wherein the at least one bone anchor extends into the bone and attaches the muscle in snug engagement with the opened portion of the bone so as to terminate bleeding therefrom.
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10. A method for terminating bleeding from a portion of bone, which portion has been opened so as to be subject to bleeding, the method comprising the steps of extending a bodily covering over the opened portion of the bone, and fixing the bodily covering to the bone using at least one bone anchor, wherein the at least one bone anchor extends into the bone and attaches the bodily covering in snug engagement with the opened portion of the bone, the bodily covering comprising skin.
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11. A method for terminating bleeding from a portion of a bone, which portion has been opened so as to expose a substantial portion of the interior of the bone and to be subject to substantial bleeding therefrom, the method comprising the steps of extending a bodily covering over the opened portion of the bone, and fixing the bodily covering to the bone using at least one bone anchor, wherein the at least one bone anchor extends into the bone and attaches the bodily covering in snug engagement with the opened portion of the bone so as to terminate bleeding therefrom, the bone comprising one of a group of bones, the group consisting of a spinal bone and an iliac of the pelvis.
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12. A method for terminating bleeding from a portion of a bone, which portion has been opened so as to expose a substantial portion of the interior of the bone and to be subject to substantial bleeding therefrom, the method comprising the steps of extending a bandage over the opened portion of the bone, and fixing the bandage to the bone using at least one bone anchor, wherein the at least one bone anchor extends into the bone and attaches such that the bandage is in snug engagement with the opened portion of the bone so as to terminate the bleeding therefrom.
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