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Apparatus and methods for delivery of reinforcing materials to bone

  • US 7,806,900 B2
  • Filed: 04/26/2007
  • Issued: 10/05/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for delivering a reinforcing mixture to a long bone comprising:

  • a tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, wherein the tube has at least one inner lumen for passing a bone reinforcing mixture therethrough;

    a balloon engaging the distal end of the tube, wherein the balloon expands from a substantially deflated state to a substantially inflated state upon the bone reinforcing mixture entering the balloon; and

    at least one light guide extending through the tube into the balloon to guide a light into the balloon to illuminate and cure the bone reinforcing mixture,wherein the balloon, when in the inflated state by the bone reinforcing mixture in a cavity of a fractured long bone, aligns bone fragments of the fractured long bone.

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