Implant
US8591512B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 6, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2002/4685
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An implant comprises a deformable gas tight sack. The sack comprises a first chamber in fluid communication with an obturatable opening, the chamber filled or fillable with a filling material filling the first chamber. The implant is configured such that when one or both of a gas and fluid surrounding the filling material is removed from the first chamber through the opening, a wall of the first chamber forms around and holds the filling material. This causes the implant to transition from a relatively flexible insertion state to a relatively rigid fixation state in which the implant is fixable in the target portions of bone.
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