Patent ID: 8734460
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for repairing a 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, and an inner lumen; a conformable member releasably engaging the distal end of the delivery catheter, wherein the conformable member is expandable from a deflated state to an inflated state by adding the at least one reinforcing material into the conformable member; and an optical fiber having a core, wherein the optical fiber is sized to pass through the inner lumen of the delivery catheter and into the conformable member, wherein the core of the optical fiber is at least partially exposed along a length of the optical fiber to disperse light energy along the length of the optical fiber and at a distal end of the optical fiber, and wherein, when the optical fiber is in the conformable member, the optical fiber is able to disperse the light energy along the length and at a distal end of the optical fiber to harden the at least one reinforcing material within the conformable member.