Sealing device for introducing cement into a bone canal

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A61B 17/56 (2006.01) A61F 2/46 (2006.01) A61F 2/30 (2006.01) A61F 2/36 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1312248

PC 7302 SEALING DEVICE FOR INTRODUCING CEMENT INTO A BONE CANAL ABSTRACT A proximal femoral sealing device 10 is disclosed for use in the application of bone cement under pressure to a surgically prepared medullary canal 15 of a femur prior to the implantation of a hip prosthesis. The proximal femoral sealing device 10 is formed of a generally solid body member 12 with a passageway 26 and a flexible annular wall member 14 extending from the body member 12. The sealing device 10 has an anatomically shaped outer surface 13, corresponding to the exposed endosteal surface 11 of a prepared medullary canal 15. A chamber 16 defined by a flexible annular wall 14 and the body member 12 opens into the medullary canal 15. In turn, the passageway 26 communicates with the chamber 16 and permits insertion of a cement nozzle 27 therethrough into the chamber. In operation, the proximal femoral sealing device 10 is placed within the proximal end of a surgically prepared medullary canal 15. The canal 15 and chamber 16 of the sealing device are filled with cement resulting in the expansion of the flexible annular wall member 14 against the exposed endosteal walls 11 of the medullary canal 15 by cement pressure within the chamber thereby forming a pressure seal. The escape of cement through the open end of the excavated medullary canal 15 is prevented via this pressure seal insuring that the applied cement is properly pressurized and that the medullary canal 15 is prepared for implementation of the prosthetic device 10. A method of providing cement under pressure to the exposed endosteal surface 11 of a medullary canal 15 is also disclosed using this proximal femoral sealing device 10.

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