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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2011
Andreas Appenzeller, Langendorf, CH;
Philippe Gedet, Langendorf, CH;
Andre Weber, Solothurn, CH;
Christian Gerber, Zumikon, CH;
Andreas Appenzeller, Langendorf, CH;
Philippe Gedet, Langendorf, CH;
Andre Weber, Solothurn, CH;
Christian Gerber, Zumikon, CH;
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC, Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
An implant comprises a deformable gas tight sack. The sack comprises a first chamber in fluid communication with an obturatable opening, the chamber filled or fillable with a filling material filling the first chamber. The implant is configured such that when one or both of a gas and fluid surrounding the filling material is removed from the first chamber through the opening, a wall of the first chamber forms around and holds the filling material. This causes the implant to transition from a relatively flexible insertion state to a relatively rigid fixation state in which the implant is fixable in the target portions of bone.