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Cover device for bone voids and method for the manufacture thereof
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1995-02-13
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Granted: 1998-10-20
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Expires: 2015-02-13
Abstract
Abstract Cover device for temporarily covering bone voids, particularly a recess, which are filled with ossiferous material such as hydroxyl apatite granules, in the proper bone tissue of the body, comprises a perforated reinforcement element for covering the void in essentially a shape-stable fashion that is composed of relatively stiff but flexible material such as a supporting grid of metal or the like, and a single-layer or multi-layer cover membrane carried by the reinforcement element, and at least one of the layers of the cover membrane is applied as a solution film onto the reinforcing element after the use-specific shaping of the element as well as a method for the production of the element.
Inventors
- 👤 Axel Kirsch
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 00:26
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/56; A61B17/58; A61B17/68; A61B17/80; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/28; A61F2/2846; A61L; A61L31/00; A61L31/08; A61L31/10; A61B17/8085; A61F2/0077; A61F2/30; A61F2/30721; A61F2/30723; A61F2002/2835; A61F2/30767; A61F2002/30929; A61F2/3094; A61F2002/30971; A61F13/00; A61F2013/00089; A61F2013/00357; A61F2240/00; A61F2240/001; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00005; A61F2310/00179; A61F2310/00293
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
In a method for producing a cover device for temporarily covering a bone void including a recess in a proper bone tissue of a body, which void is filled with an ossiferous material including hydroxyl apatite granules, said method including providing a perforated reinforcing element for covering the void in an essentially shape-stable fashion, which element is composed of a relatively stiff but flexible material in the form of a supporting grid of metal, and is provided with a cover membrane of at least one layer, and shaping the reinforcing element into the use-specific shape to produce the cover device, the improvements comprising providing the cover membrane by applying a biaxially stretchable base film on a surface of the reinforcing element and applying a solution film on the reinforcing element after the steps of shaping the element into the use-specific shape and applying a biaxially stretchable base film.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
148 words
In a method for producing a cover device for temporarily covering a bone void including a recess in a proper bone tissue of a body, which void is filled with an ossiferous material including hydroxyl apatite granules, said method including providing a perforated reinforcing element for covering the void in an essentially shape-stable fashion, which element is composed of a relatively stiff but flexible material in the form of a supporting grid of metal, and is provided with a cover membrane of at least one layer, and shaping the reinforcing element into the use-specific shape to produce the cover device, the improvements comprising providing the cover membrane by applying a biaxially stretchable base film on a surface of the reinforcing element and applying a solution film on the reinforcing element after the steps of shaping the element into the use-specific shape and applying a biaxially stretchable base film.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
In a method according to claim 1, wherein the step of applying a solution film places the solution film on the base film.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
In a method according to claim 1, which includes embedding a hydroxyl apatite powder in the solution film by applying the powder on a surface before the step of applying the solution film.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
46 words
In a method according to claim 1, wherein the step of applying the solution film includes forming a solution by mixing at least one constituent selected from a group consisting of cyanoacrylate, collagen, polytetrafluorethylene, polycarbonate, polyurethane, polyactid/vicryl, polyactid, oxymethyl cellulose and methylmethacrylate in an organic solvent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
In a method according to claim 4, wherein the step of applying the solution film comprises spraying the solution on the surface of the element.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
In a method according to claim 4, wherein the step of applying the solution film comprises brushing the solution onto the element.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
In a method according to claim 1, wherein the step of applying the solution film occurs in situ after placing of the reinforcing element to cover the bone void.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
139 words
In a cover device for temporarily covering a bone void in a proper bone tissue of the body, which void is filled with ossiferous material including hydroxyl apatite granules, said cover device comprising a perforated reinforcement element for covering the void in an essentially shape-stable fashion that is composed of a relatively stiff but flexible material being shaped to a surface of the bone tissue having the void, and a cover membrane carried by the reinforcement element, the improvement comprising the cover membrane including a stretchable base film on a surface of the reinforcement element and at least one layer being applied as a solution film directly onto the base film subsequent to shaping of the element to engage the surface of the bone tissue so that the base film is between the solution film and the reinforcement element.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
139 words
In a cover device for temporarily covering a bone void in a proper bone tissue of the body, which void is filled with ossiferous material including hydroxyl apatite granules, said cover device comprising a perforated reinforcement element for covering the void in an essentially shape-stable fashion that is composed of a relatively stiff but flexible material being shaped to a surface of the bone tissue having the void, and a cover membrane carried by the reinforcement element, the improvement comprising the cover membrane including a stretchable base film on a surface of the reinforcement element and at least one layer being applied as a solution film directly onto the base film subsequent to shaping of the element to engage the surface of the bone tissue so that the base film is between the solution film and the reinforcement element.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
In a cover device according to claim 8, wherein the solution film of the cover membrane comprises at least one film-forming material selected from the group consisting of cyanoacrylate, collagen, polytetrafluorethylene, polycarbonate, polyurethane, polyactid/vicryl, polyactid, oxymethyl cellulose and methylmethacrylate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
In a cover device according to claim 8, wherein hydroxyl apatite particles are embedded into the solution film of the cover membrane.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
In a cover device according to claim 8, wherein the base film is on the surface of the element facing away from the bone void.
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