Fabrication of implantable bone fixation elements

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A61B 17/70 (2006.01) A61B 17/88 (2006.01) A61L 27/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2196715

A method for shaping an implantable rigid bone fixation element during surgery involves inserting into at least two bones or bone parts a securing means for the element, with each means engageable with and defining a shape for the element; seating a flexible housing such as tubing having a contour essentially the same as the element into the engaging means; injecting a quick-setting fluid molding material into the housing; curing the molding material for a time under conditions sufficient to harden the material so that the housing forms a temporary master; and removing the temporary master and using it as a template to form theelement. The method is especially preferred for the fabrication of spinal support bars, and provides for rapid and precise bar shaping.

Méthode pour mouler un élément rigide implantable d'ostéosynthèse durant la chirurgie : insertion dans au moins deux os ou parties d'os d'un mécanisme d'attache de l'élément, chaque mécanisme pouvant s'enclencher avec l'élément et lui donnant une forme; placement d'une enveloppe flexible telle qu'un tube ayant à peu près les mêmes courbures que l'élément inséré dans le mécanisme d'enclenchement; injection dans l'enveloppe d'une matière liquide à mouler à prise rapide qu'on laissera durcir suffisamment longtemps pour que l'enveloppe forme un maître-modèle temporaire; et enlèvement du maître-modèle temporaire et utilisation comme gabarit pour former l'élément. Cette méthode est utilisée de préférence pour la fabrication de barres de soutien de l'épine dorsale et permet le modelage rapide et précis de barres.

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