Devices and methods for bone alignment, stabilization and distraction

An embodiment of a bone stabilization and distraction system (100) of the present disclosure includes a light-sensitive liquid (165); a light source (110) for providing light energy; a light-conducting fiber (140) for delivering the light energy from the light source (110) to cure the light-sensitiv...

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Hauptverfasser:	BAINBRIDGE, LIONEL C, WEISS, ARNOLD-PETER C, RABINER, ROBERT A, CHANG, NARISSA Y, O'LEARY, ANTHONY W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DIAGNOSIS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES SURGERY TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	An embodiment of a bone stabilization and distraction system (100) of the present disclosure includes a light-sensitive liquid (165); a light source (110) for providing light energy; a light-conducting fiber (140) for delivering the light energy from the light source (110) to cure the light-sensitive liquid (165); a delivery catheter (150) having a proximal end in communication with the light-conducting fiber (140) and the light-sensitive liquid (165), an inner lumen (154) for passage of the light-conducting fiber (140), and an inner void (140) for passage of the light-sensitive liquid (165); and an expandable body (170) removably engaging a distal end of the delivery catheter (150), wherein the expandable body (170) has an insertion depth with a fixed dimension, a width with a fixed dimension, and a thickness with a changeable dimension.