FRACTURE FIXATION SYSTEMS

• Main Authors: ROSE, JOHN, PATTERSON, WILLIAM, DEAN, LEWIS, MARK, THOMAS, BRUMFIELD, DAVID, L, MONTES DE OCA BALDERAS, HORACIO, DAGGER, ANTHONY, MARTIN, CHARLES, C, JANNA, SIED, W, WILSON, DARREN JAMES, WILHELM, HOA, L, BROWN, MALCOLM, DOOTSON, GINA, RAINS, JAMES, K, AUSTIN, GENE, EDWARD, HOWLING, GRAEME, GAN, LU, CHIVERS, ROBIN, A, MILNER, RICHARD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.07.2011
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

Systems for bone fracture repair are disclosed. One system includes a biocompatible putty that may be packed about a bone fracture to provide full loadbearing capabilities within days. The disclosed putties create an osteoconductive scaffold for bone regeneration and degrade over time to harmless re...