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|United States Patent||5,514,137|
|Coutts||May 7, 1996|
The present invention relates to methods to provide superior fixation of orthopedic devices within bones, through use of a resorbable cement material. As well, methods to provide temporary fixation of orthopedic devices within bones until the natural bone tissue may ingrow with the device are also disclosed. The methods are broadly applicable to repair of fractures or other divisive or compressive maladies in bones, augmentation of the osteopenic skeleton, and attachment of prostheses.
|Inventors:||Coutts; Richard D. (San Diego, CA)|
|Filed:||December 6, 1993|
|Current U.S. Class:||606/62 ; 606/77; 606/92; 606/93|
|Current International Class:||A61B 17/68 (20060101); A61B 17/72 (20060101); A61L 24/02 (20060101); A61F 2/46 (20060101); A61L 24/04 (20060101); A61L 24/00 (20060101); A61B 17/80 (20060101); A61F 2/02 (20060101); A61B 17/00 (20060101); A61F 005/04 ()|
|Field of Search:||606/92-95,62,64,77,76|
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|5192283||March 1993||Ling et al.|
|5268000||December 1993||Ottieri et al.|
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