Patent ID: 8574233

Claim:
A photodynamic bone stabilization system comprising: a catheter having an elongated shaft with a distal end releasably engaging an expandable portion, and a longitudinal axis therebetween; a light-conducting fiber configured to transmit light energy into the expandable portion; a light-sensitive liquid monomer comprising an initiator within the expandable portion, wherein the initiator is activated when the light-conducting fiber transmits the light energy for polymerization of the light-sensitive liquid monomer; and a cooling medium configured to control polymerization, wherein the catheter comprises an inner void sufficiently designed to pass the light-sensitive liquid monomer into the expandable portion, and wherein the catheter comprises an inner lumen sufficiently designed to pass the light-conducting fiber into the expandable portion and configured to circulate the cooling medium, and wherein the inner lumen in the expandable portion comprises at least two separate areas configured to expand when a pressurizing medium is delivered to the inner lumen in the expandable portion to cause internal diameter pressure against the light-sensitive liquid monomer during polymerization.