Distal tip for bone fixation devices

US10575882B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• IlluminOss Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Gene P. DiPoto · Upton, US
• Robert A. Rabiner · Portsmouth, US
• Jeffrey P. Brousseau · Barrington, US
• Anthony W. O'Leary · Walpole, US
• Chi Yin Wong · Palo Alto, US
• Augustus C. Shanahan · Newton, US
• Nicholas Ferrer · West Greenwich, US
• John Unger · Wrentham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 24, 2017
• Grant date: Mar 3, 2020
• Expiry date: May 24, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N2005/063
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.