Agitating – Operator supported – Mixing chamber type
Patent
1994-09-02
1996-12-31
Cooley, Charles E.
Agitating
Operator supported
Mixing chamber type
366139, 3661631, 3661782, 206222, B01F 1306, B01F 1502
Patent
active
055887457
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus are set forth for preparing and delivering bone cement formed by combining a powdered polymer component and a liquid monomer component. The powdered polymer component is stored in an evacuated mixing chamber. The liquid monomer component, according to one specific aspect of the invention, is introduced into the mixing chamber by a control mechanism which causes the stored powder to be "substantially wet", i.e., all of the powdered polymer component is wet to at least some degree and is otherwise devoid of powder pockets. The control mechanism, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, stages the release of the liquid monomer into the vacuum packed powder chamber, under the effect of the vacuum, in a timed sequence using a plurality of monomer distribution channels. The distribution channels, which in a preferred embodiment of the invention include liquid component diffusers, insure the substantial wetting of the stored powder by delivering the liquid in parallel to different portions of the mixing chamber. The substantial wetting of the powder is designed to ultimately insure a homogeneous bone cement mix.
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Chochinov Allan B.
Kapec Jeffrey
Tanaka Kazuna
Cooley Charles E.
Howmedica
Kaliko Joseph J.
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