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Patent No.:

US 10525169 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020

Filed:

May. 08, 2015

Method and apparatus for treating bone fractures, and/or for fortifying and/or augmenting bone, including the provision and use of composite implants, and novel composite structures which may be used for medical and non-medical applications

Applicant:

206 Ortho, Inc., Deerfield, NH (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey A. D'Agostino, Deerfield, NH (US);

Robert S. Whitehouse, Lexington, MA (US);

Arthur Watterson, Nashua, NH (US);

Werner Blank, Wilton, CT (US);

Charles Hegedus, Allentown, PA (US);

Sandip Agarwal, Arlington, MA (US);

Elizabeth Nelson, Wellesley, MA (US);

Assignee:

206 ORTHO, Inc., Deerfield, NH (US);

Attorney:

Pandiscio & Pandiscio

Primary Examiner:

Hui H Chin

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/58 (2006.01); A61L 27/46 (2006.01); A61L 27/48 (2006.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/58 (2013.01); A61B 17/7097 (2013.01); A61B 17/72 (2013.01); A61B 17/7275 (2013.01); A61F 2/2846 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/446 (2013.01); A61L 27/46 (2013.01); A61L 27/48 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00893 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00933 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00938 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00964 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2835 (2013.01); A61L 2400/06 (2013.01); A61L 2430/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A composite comprising: a barrier, said barrier being configured to selectively pass water, and said barrier being degradable in the presence of water; a matrix material for disposition within said barrier, wherein said matrix material has a flowable state and a set state, and wherein said matrix material is degradable in the presence of water; and at least one reinforcing element for disposition within said barrier and integration with said matrix material, wherein said at least one reinforcing element is degradable in the presence of water, and further wherein, upon the degradation of said at least one reinforcing element in the presence of water, provides an agent for modulating the degradation rate of said matrix material in the presence of water.

Find Patent Forward Citations

D'Agostino, Jeffrey. (2020). Method and apparatus for treating bone fractures, and/or for fortifying and/or augmenting bone, including the provision and use of composite implants, and novel composite structures which may be used for medical and non-medical applications (U.S. Patent No. 10525169). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10525169

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