Patent ID: 6516977
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A61B,A61F,B01F

Abstract:
Apparatus comprising:a substantially rigid vessel defining an interior region; a frangible neck formed on said vessel and communicating with said interior region of said vessel; a selected quantity of a liquid bone cement disposed in said interior region of said vessel; a gas column disposed in said interior region of said vessel; an injector element for receiving the neck of said vessel and at least a portion of the remainder of said vessel, and said injector device including an egress port; and a sealing element disposed between said injector element and said at least a portion of the remainder of said vessel, said sealing element forming an airtight seal therebetween; wherein said gas column expands to expel said liquid bone cement from said vessel into said egress port as a vacuum is drawn in a container connected to said egress port.