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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2007
Applicants:
Wolf-friedrich Baehre, Isernhagen, DE;
Kurt Ruffieux, Thalwil, CH;
Inventors:
Wolf-Friedrich Baehre, Isernhagen, DE;
Kurt Ruffieux, Thalwil, CH;
Assignee:
Synergy Biosurgical AG, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical implant for insertion into bone including a zone sensitive to electromagnetic radiation from a radiation source, the zone comprising a polymer material configured to transition from a solid condition to a softened condition when the zone is exposed to the electromagnetic radiation and being flowable into interspaces of the bone in the softened condition, and a light-conducting portion configured to conduct the electromagnetic radiation from the radiation source to the zone when the medical implant is inserted into the bone.