Patent · US Expired

Bone cement mixing apparatus

US6921192B2 · kind B2 · utility

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123References

22Claims

0Family size

Assignee

DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · US

Inventors

Timothy G. Vendrely · Warsaw, US
Samuel G. Sackett · Fort Wayne, US
Leslie J. Ungers · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 29, 2002
Grant date	Jul 26, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 18, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01F2101/20
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A bone cement mixing apparatus includes a bowl, an attachable/detachable lid, and a handle extending from the bowl. The bowl incorporates a bone cement vapor removal system that allows the extraction of bone cement vapors or fumes even after the lid has been detached from the bowl. Such extraction of vapors may be continuous. The vapor removal system is coupled to a vacuum source. The handle is ergonomically shaped and incorporates vacuum tubing that couples the bone cement vapor removal system of the bowl with the vacuum source.

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