Patent ID: 8906030
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An internal bone fixation device 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, and an inner lumen; a balloon portion extending from the distal end of the delivery catheter, wherein 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 sized to pass through the inner lumen of the delivery catheter and into the balloon portion, wherein a core of the optical fiber is modified such that, when the optical fiber is in the balloon portion, the optical fiber is able to disperse the light energy along at least a portion of the length of the optical fiber to cure the at least one reinforcing material within the balloon portion.