Bone cement applicator with three-way valve for pressure relief

US10517661B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Heraeus Medical GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Sebastian Vogt · Jena, DE
• Thomas Kluge · Vallendar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 2017
• Grant date: Dec 31, 2019
• Expiry date: May 10, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B05C17/01
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Bone cement applicators and methods for application of a bone cement dough, the applicators and methods comprise a tubular cartridge with an internal space, a dispensing plunger for expelling the starting components through an opening of the cartridge opposite from the dispensing plunger, wherein the dispensing plunger is mobile in longitudinal direction in the internal space of the cartridge. The applicators and methods further comprise a hose, an application opening, a three-way valve operable from outside and arranged or arrangeable in the hose or on a side of the hose facing the cartridge, and a collecting container arranged on the three-way valve. The three-way valve is designed and arranged or arrangeable in the applicator such that it, being in a first position, provides a fluid connection between the application opening and the opening of the cartridge and closes a feed-through to the collecting container and, being in a second position, provides a fluid connection between the application opening and the collecting container and closes a passage to the opening of the cartridge.