Method for fusing bone
Abstract
Method for fusing bone. 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:
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- Los Alamos, NM
- Velarde, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 870332
- Patent Number(s):
- 5498259
- Assignee:
- Regents of University of California (Alameda, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61F - FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- method; fusing; bone; joining; hard; tissue; chemically; removing; mineral; matrix; layer; surfaces; joined; placing; bones; heating; joint; electromagnetic; radiation; goal; produce; full-strength; weld; example; cortical; tibia; sufficient; strength; hold; halves; registration; external; fixative; devices; applied; stabilize; segments; normal; healing; processes; restore; electromagnetic radiation; sufficient strength; fusing bone; /606/128/607/
Citation Formats
Mourant, Judith R, Anderson, Gerhard D, Bigio, Irving J, and Johnson, Tamara M. Method for fusing bone. United States: N. p., 1996.
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Mourant, Judith R, Anderson, Gerhard D, Bigio, Irving J, & Johnson, Tamara M. Method for fusing bone. United States.
Mourant, Judith R, Anderson, Gerhard D, Bigio, Irving J, and Johnson, Tamara M. Mon .
"Method for fusing bone". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/870332.
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abstractNote = {Method for fusing bone. 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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year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1996}
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