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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Illuminoss Medical, Inc., East Providence, RI (US);
Gene P. DiPoto, Upton, MA (US);
Robert A. Rabiner, Tiverton, RI (US);
Jeffrey P. Brousseau, Barrington, RI (US);
Anthony W. O'Leary, Walpole, MA (US);
Chi Y. Wong, Canton, MA (US);
Augustus C. Shanahan, Newton, MA (US);
Nicholas Ferrer, West Greenwich, RI (US);
John Unger, Wrentham, MA (US);
IlluminOss Medical, Inc., East Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
Distal tip designs for bone fixation devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for bone fixation includes a delivery catheter having a proximal end and a distal end; an expandable member having a proximal region and a distal region, wherein the expandable member is releasably attached about the distal end of the delivery catheter at the proximal region of the expandable member; a distal cap attached to the distal region of the expandable member to seal the expandable member; a light conducting fiber; and a light-sensitive liquid; wherein the delivery catheter has an inner void for passage of a light-sensitive liquid into the expandable member to expand the expandable member and an inner lumen for passage of the light conducting fiber into the expandable member to cure the light-sensitive liquid inside the expandable member.