Method for fusing bone
Abstract
The present invention is a method for joining hard tissue which includes chemically removing the mineral matrix from a thin layer of the surfaces to be joined, placing the two bones together, and heating the joint using electromagnetic radiation. The goal of the method is not to produce a full-strength weld of, for example, a cortical bone of the tibia, but rather to produce a weld of sufficient strength to hold the bone halves in registration while either external fixative devices are applied to stabilize the bone segments, or normal healing processes restore full strength to the tibia.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of California (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 203885
- Patent Number(s):
- 5498259
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-221,422
- Assignee:
- Univ. of California, Alameda, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 12 Mar 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, BASIC STUDIES; BONE JOINTS; HEATING; STABILIZATION; SKELETAL DISEASES; THERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; THERAPEUTIC USES; SKELETON; BONE TISSUES
Citation Formats
Mourant, J R, Anderson, G D, Bigio, I J, and Johnson, T M. Method for fusing bone. United States: N. p., 1996.
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Mourant, J R, Anderson, G D, Bigio, I J, & Johnson, T M. Method for fusing bone. United States.
Mourant, J R, Anderson, G D, Bigio, I J, and Johnson, T M. Tue .
"Method for fusing bone". United States.
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title = {Method for fusing bone},
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abstractNote = {The present invention is a method for joining hard tissue which includes chemically removing the mineral matrix from a thin layer of the surfaces to be joined, placing the two bones together, and heating the joint using electromagnetic radiation. The goal of the method is not to produce a full-strength weld of, for example, a cortical bone of the tibia, but rather to produce a weld of sufficient strength to hold the bone halves in registration while either external fixative devices are applied to stabilize the bone segments, or normal healing processes restore full strength to the tibia.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 12 00:00:00 EST 1996},
month = {Tue Mar 12 00:00:00 EST 1996}
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