Patent ID: 8814920
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: A61B,A61L

Abstract:
1. An implantation device for fixating a bone, the implantation device comprising: a bone pin comprising a main body, wherein the main body is formed with a polymeric core region and an outer polymeric peripheral region, the outer peripheral region surrounding the core region having a thickness between 0.1 mm and 1.0 mm; wherein the main body polymeric core region consists entirely of a polymeric material free of a plasticizer; and wherein the polymeric peripheral region is made of the polymeric material and a plasticizer, so that the peripheral region is soft and the core region is solid, whereby the peripheral region is deformable when implanted into the bone and after implantation the plasticizer in the peripheral region reacts with body fluid so that it leaches out of the peripheral region of the main implant body; wherein the bone pin comprises a head and a shaft; and wherein the shaft comprises the core and the peripheral region, and the head includes a surface extending outwardly from the shaft in a direction transverse to the shaft, the surface having the peripheral region.