Patent ID: 8702716
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61K,A61L,C08F

Abstract:
1. A method of treating a lesion or fracture in bone tissue, comprising: (a) providing a polymer composition comprising a side chain crystallizable polymer, wherein: (b) providing a polymer delivery system operatively configured to heat a quantity of the polymer composition to the extrudable fluid state within the third temperature range and operatively configured to inject the resulting fluid polymer composition into the bone tissue being treated; (c) administering the fluid polymer composition by operating the polymer delivery system so as to inject the fluid polymer composition at least partially into the bone tissue being treated; and (d) transforming the resulting injected fluid polymer composition to the polymer composition in the solid state by permitting cooling of the injected fluid polymer composition from within the third temperature range to within the first temperature range so as to configure the resulting solid polymer composition to provide support and/or augmentation to the bone lesion or fracture being treated.