Granted Patent
B2
US 12,232,789 · App. 17/581,719 · Granted Feb 25, 2025
Methods and devices for utilizing bondable materials
Inventors:
Peter M. Bonutti (Manalapan, FL); Matthew J. Cremens (Effingham, IL); Justin E. Beyers (Effingham, IL)
Assignee:
P TECH, LLC
A61B17/8836A61B17/0401A61B17/68A61B17/7059A61B17/7233A61B17/7266A61B17/866A61B17/8685A61B17/88A61B17/8872A61F2/30A61F2/46A61L24/001A61L24/046A61B2017/005A61B2017/0409A61B2017/044A61B17/11A61B2017/1107A61B17/1128A61B17/1146A61B2017/32007A61F2002/067A61F2/0811A61F2002/2817A61F2002/30062A61F2002/30065A61F2002/30067A61F2002/30133A61F2002/30451A61F2002/30576A61F2002/30604A61F2002/30677A61F2002/3068A61F2/30721A61F2/30756A61F2002/30785A61F2002/30787A61F2002/30878A61F2002/30892A61F2002/30894A61F2/3094A61F2002/30971A61F2002/30973A61F2/32A61F2/34A61F2002/3401A61F2002/3403A61F2/36A61F2/3603A61F2/38A61F2/3804A61F2/3859A61F2/389A61F2/40A61F2/4081A61F2/4202A61F2/44A61F2002/444A61F2/4455A61F2002/4619A61F2/468A61F2002/4683A61F2210/0004A61F2210/0071A61F2220/0058A61F2230/0015A61F2250/0068A61F2310/00011A61F2310/00365A61F2310/00383A61F2310/00952
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Abstract
The invention primarily relates to fastening and stabilizing tissues, implants, and/or bondable materials, such as the fastening of a tissue and/or implant to a bondable material, the fastening of an implant to tissue, and/or the fastening of an implant to another implant. This may involve using an energy source to bond and/or mechanically to stabilize a tissue, an implant, a bondable material, and/or other biocompatible material. The invention may also relate to the use of an energy source to remove and/or install an implant and/or bondable material or to facilitate solidification and/or polymerization of bondable material.
Claims (9)
1. A method of affecting a material comprising:
locating an unpolymerized material;
contacting the material with a metallic component attached to an energy source, wherein the energy source is at least one of a vibratory energy source and an ultrasonic energy source;
applying energy to the component from the energy source to facilitate at least one of solidification and polymerization of the material; and
detaching the energy source from the component,
wherein at least a portion of the component extends from the material after the material is solidified.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the material is at least one of acrylic, polymethyl methacrylate, and bone cement.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application of energy to the material is configured to accelerate at least one of the solidification and polymerization of the material.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the component is at least one of a fastener and an implant.
Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jan 21, 2022
From: BONUTTI, PETER M.; CREMENS, MATTHEW J; BEYERS, JUSTIN E.
To: P TECH, LLC
Reel/Frame 058730/0803 →
Continuity (8)
Provisional Application
61155133
· Feb 24, 2009
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[cited by applicant]
US 5370646A
· Reese
· 1994
[cited by applicant]
US 5370660A
· Weinstein
· 1994
[cited by applicant]
US 5372146A
· Branch
· 1994
[cited by applicant]
US 5374235A
· Ahrens
· 1994
[cited by applicant]
US 5376126A
· Lin
· 1994
[cited by applicant]
US 5382254A
· McGarry
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5383883A
· Wilk
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5383905A
· Golds
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5391173A
· Wilk
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5395308A
· Fox
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5397311A
· Walker
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5403312A
· Yates
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5403348A
· Bonutti
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5405359A
· Pierce
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5411523A
· Goble
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5413585A
· Pagedas
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5417691A
· Hayhurst
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5417701A
· Holmes
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5417712A
· Whittaker
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5423796A
· Skikhman
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5431670A
· Holmes
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5439470A
· Li
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5441538A
· Bonutti
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5443512A
· Parr
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5447503A
· Miller
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5449372A
· Schmaltz
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5449382A
· Dayton
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5451235A
· Lock
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5453090A
· Martinez
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5456722A
· McLeod
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5458653A
· Davison
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5462561A
· Voda
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5464424A
· O'Donnell
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5464426A
· Bonutti
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5464427A
· Curtis
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5470337A
· Moss
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5472444A
· Huebner
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5474554A
· Ku
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5478351A
· Meade
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5478353A
· Yoon
· 1995
[cited by applicant]
US 5480403A
· Lee
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5486197A
· Le
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5487844A
· Fujita
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5488958A
· Topel
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5496292A
· Burnham
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5496335A
· Thomason
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5496348A
· Bonutti
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5499382A
· Nusinov et al.
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5500000A
· Feagin
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5501700A
· Hirata
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5504977A
· Weppner
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5505735A
· Li
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5507754A
· Green
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5522844A
· Johnson
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5522845A
· Wenstrom
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5522846A
· Bonutti
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5527341A
· Gogolewski
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5527342A
· Pietrzak
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5527343A
· Bonutti
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5529075A
· Clark
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5531759A
· Kensey
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5534012A
· Bonutti
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5534028A
· Bao
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5540718A
· Bartlett
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5542423A
· Bonutti
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5545178A
· Kensey
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5545180A
· Le
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5545206A
· Carson
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5549630A
· Bonutti
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5549631A
· Bonutti
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5556402A
· Xu
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5569252A
· Justin
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5569305A
· Bonutti
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5569306A
· Thal
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5571190A
· Ulrich et al.
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5573517A
· Bonutti
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5573538A
· Laboureau
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5573542A
· Stevens
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5575801A
· Habermeyer
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5580344A
· Hasson
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5584835A
· Greenfield
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5584860A
· Goble
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5584862A
· Bonutti
· 1996
[cited by applicant]
US 5591206A
· Moufarrege
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5593422A
· Muijs Van De Moer
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5593425A
· Bonutti
· 1997
[cited by examiner]
US 5593625A
· Rieble
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5601557A
· Hayhurst
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5601558A
· Torrie
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5601595A
· Schwartz
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5607427A
· Tschakaloff
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5609595A
· Pennig
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5618314A
· Harwin
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5620461A
· Muijs Van De Moer
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5626612A
· Bartlett
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5626614A
· Hart
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5626718A
· Philippe
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5628751A
· Sander
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5630824A
· Hart
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5634926A
· Jobe
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5643274A
· Sander
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5643293A
· Kogasaka
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5643295A
· Yoon
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5643321A
· McDevitt
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5645553A
· Kolesa
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5645597A
· Krapiva
· 1997
[cited by applicant]
US 5645599A
· Samani
· 1997
[cited by applicant]