Patent ID: 9433450
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A device for repairing a weakened or fractured bone comprising: a delivery catheter having an elongated shaft with a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, the delivery catheter having an inner void for passing at least one reinforcing material; a balloon portion releasably engaging the distal end of the delivery catheter, the balloon portion is expandable from a deflated state to an inflated state by adding the at least one reinforcing material into the balloon portion; and an optical fiber including a core surrounded by a cladding, the optical fiber is sized to pass through an inner lumen of the delivery catheter and into the balloon portion; wherein the core of the optical fiber is partially exposed along at least a portion of a length of the optical fiber such that, when the optical fiber is in the balloon portion, the optical fiber is configured to disperse a light energy along the portion of the length of the optical fiber to cure the at least one reinforcing material within the balloon portion.