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Bone regeneration device for bones, and method of use

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  • Patent Grant
  • 9301781
  • Patent Number
    9,301,781
  • Date Filed
    Wednesday, January 18, 2012
    13 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, April 5, 2016
    9 years ago
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Abstract
A method of stimulating bone regeneration in a discontinuous section of a long bone in a subject requiring same, comprising the step of applying to said discontinuous section of the bone an effective vacuum for an effective length of time. A device for carrying out the method consisting of a sealable tubular-shaped sleeve or cuff that fits snugly and sealably around the bone section to be treated and that can be evacuated via a port that is integral to the sleeve or port.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention


The invention is concerned with local bone regeneration for long bones. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of locally-applied vacuum to stimulate osteoblastic activity in long bones with discontinuity defects.


2. Description of Related Art


Osteogenesis, the growth of new bone, is a part of the normal healing process, and involves recruiting and activating osteoblast cells in the bone. This can be a slow process, particularly in the elderly and after severe trauma to the bone and after disease. The ability to accelerate osteogenesis would speed the healing process after trauma and after orthopedic and dental procedures. Methods to accelerate the process, particularly in local areas of bone, have been a holy grail for scientists for many years.


Current techniques of bone regeneration include: traditional methods such as distraction osteogenesis in which bone is pulled in an appropriate direction to stimulate growth, and bone grafting; and, experimental techniques that include use of drugs such as OP-1 that stimulate osteoblasts, implanting biomaterials laced with molecular signals designed to trigger the body's own repair mechanism, injecting bone marrow stem cells into the affected areas, and, transfusing cells that carry genes that code for bone-repair proteins. None of these methods are totally satisfactory, for a host of reasons. For a review of this subject see: Service, Science, 289:1498 (2000).


Distraction osteogenesis requires a bulky device and requires a very long period before positive results are seen. Bone grafting is limited by the quantity and quality of the patient's bone available for grafting. Biocompatible polymeric matrices without or with natural or recombinant bone morphogenic proteins suffer from a need for a very large and very expensive quantities of these signal proteins. The gene therapy procedure suffers from the general problems of gene therapy in general. The use of the stem cell approach is greatly limited by the scarcity and expense of such cells; for example, in 50-year olds, there is only one stem cell in 400,000 bone marrow cells. (see Service, 2000, above.)


Applicant has previously described a device that applies subatmospheric pressures to a fractured or lesioned area of a flat bone (e.g., scapula), and thereby promotes osteogenesis and consequent bone healing in such areas (Lytinas, U.S. Pat. No. 6,491,693, which is incorporated herein by reference). However, for anatomical reasons such a device is not suitable for non-flat long bones of the upper and lower extremities, particularly where blunt trauma from accidents and/or projectiles produces in the long bone discontinuous defects leaving gaps of 2.5 cm and more. In the past such discontinuous defects have been treated orthopedically by grafting into the discontinuity pieces of the bone taken from elsewhere in the body. More often than not, such grafting does not completely fill the discontinuity, thereby leading to poor healing (fibrous displacement) and shortened extremities.


Clearly, there is an acute need for a safe, simple, rapid, inexpensive and efficient device and method for producing osteogenesis in discontinuous regions of long bones. Such a device and method, based in principal on the vacuum technique discovered by the applicant (U.S. Pat. No. 6,491,693) has now been discovered, and is described below.


SUMMARY

A device and method for producing bone regeneration (osteogenesis) in a discontinuous local section of a long bone in a subject requiring same, comprising the step of applying to the local section of the bone a vacuum (subatmospheric pressure) for an effective period of time.


In one embodiment, the discontinuous section of the long bone is sealed from the atmosphere with a flexible, sterilizable sleeve or cuff device of a dimension and curvature suitable to enclose and fit sealably tightly over the discontinuous or fractured section of the long bone, the device being connected through a sealable exit port to a source of vacuum, such that the discontinuous section of the long bone can be evacuated for an appropriate length of time.





BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS


FIG. 1 is a sketch of the sleeve/cuff device of the invention.





DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS

The essence of the invention is the production of bone regeneration (osteoblastic cell-induced osteogenesis) in a desired section of a long bone by the application to this section a vacuum (within the context of this specification the term vacuum is to be considered synonymous with subatmospheric pressure) for an effective length of time.


The method can be applied to any long bone in humans or animals. It can be applied to a wide variety of medical conditions, e.g., a bone that has been shattered by such trauma that produces a discontinuous section that requires osteogenesis; a bone that requires lengthening; a bone that needs reshaping, as after an accident; a bone after surgical removal of a cancerous or cystic section of the bone; and, in bone resorption areas (alveolar region).


The device of the invention is suitable for a variety of long bones, including a femur, a clavicle, ribs, humerus, ulna and radius, carpal and metacarpal bones and their phalanges, tibia, fibula, and, tarsal and metatarsal bones and their phalanges, among others.


At the heart of the invention is a device that produces the vacuum on the discontinuous or fractured section of the long bone. A highly preferred device is an evacuatable sleeve or cuff (the two terms are used interchangeably) that can be fitted around the discontinuous section or fracture of the bone and that can be maintained under vacuum through a port. The evacuation port is continuous with both the interior of the sleeve or cuff and the skin surrounding the bone being treated so that repeated re-evacuations may be easily applied by medical personnel.


In FIG. 1, 1 is a representative example of a long bone being treated; 2 is a representative discontinuity defect; 3 is the sleeve or cuff that encloses the bone both above and below the discontinuity; 4 is the vacuum port that extends from the interior of the sleeve or cuff to the outside the skin; 5 is the sealable port orifice that is connected to a vacuum pump or the like; 6 depicts sealant that is placed between the sleeve or cuff and the bone, above and below the discontinuity; and 7 is the skin.


The sleeve or cuff should be composed of flexible, sterilizable (e.g., autoclavable) material. It may be made of a light biocompatible metal or plastic, and its walls should be sufficiently thick so as not to collapse under vacuum. Snugness of the sleeve or cuff device is accomplished, in part, by fabricating the device so that the curvature of the portion resting against the bone is designed to fit the particular bone being treated, and, in part, by the flexibility of the sleeve or cuff. Sleeves or cuffs with a wide variety of sizes and shapes may be fabricated by well-known methods and kept on hand under sterile conditions.


The sleeve or cuff of the inventive device is hermetically glued to the bone above and below the discontinuity section with any appropriate surgical glue, e.g., an elastic silicone Nexaband Liquid, VPL, Inc. without or with glues of the type of KRAZY GLUE. It is important that the sleeve or cuff have elastic properties so that the vacuum seal will not be broken if the bone moves in place.


The sleeve or cuff, once attached to the bone, is evacuated by a vacuum pump (e.g. Nalgene vacuum pump, although any other vacuum pump is suitable) by means of the port (4 and 5 in FIG. 1). Following attainment of the desired degree of vacuum, the connection between the device and the pump is sealed. As the port extends through the skin, it is readily accessible for repeated evacuations of the system. The degree of vacuum is determined by the extent of the discontinuity. For example, as little as 30 in. Hg is sufficient to induce bone regeneration in a skeletal bone. The vacuum port may also be fitted with an attached vacuum measuring gauge.


The device is maintained in place for an appropriate length of time before being removed. Determination of this appropriate length of time is based on the clinical condition being treated and the degree of regeneration required. This determination does not require undue experimentation by the medical or dental surgeon applying the technique.


The progress of bone regeneration may be followed radiographically, as a plastic version of the inventive device is radiolucent and the new bone is not. The osteoid precursor stage of bone regeneration may not, however, always be visible by X-ray. At an appropriate time, the inventive device may be removed surgically, preferably by cutting it away from the bone by, for example, a dental burr.


The following example merely provides an embodiment of the inventive method, and should not be construed as limiting the claims in any way.


EXAMPLE 1
The Surgical Protocol

Under sterile conditions, the bone to be treated is reached surgically. Skin, fat, muscles, etc. are blunt-resected from the bone.


The autoclaved sleeve or cuff device is slipped around the desired discontinuity section of the bone, and sealed to the bone with surgical glue (e.g. Nexaband liquid, Veterinary Products Laboratories, Inc.).


The vacuum port of the device is attached to a vacuum pump, and the device evacuated to the desired pressure, e.g. about 30 in. Hg. At this point the vacuum port is sealed so as to maintain the vacuum. The subcutaneous tissues are closed with sutures, e.g., a 4-0 Dexonsuture, and the skin sutured closed.


The degree of vacuum can be monitored by a vacuum gauge attached to the vacuum port.


At an appropriate length of time, e.g., about four weeks, the device (still well-sealed) is removed from the long bone. A bone augmentation at the site of the treatment will be noted.

Claims
  • 1. A device for stimulating osteoblastic activity in a discontinuous section of a long bone, the device comprising: a sleeve or cuff configured to enclose a portion of the long bone above and below the discontinuous section, and adapted to enclose a circumference of the long bone above and below the discontinuous section;a sealable port in fluid communication with an interior of the sleeve or cuff, the sealable port adapted to transmit a vacuum pressure to the discontinuous section of the long bone; andwherein the sleeve or cuff is adapted to resist collapse under the vacuum pressure.
  • 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the discontinuous section of the long bone is at least 2.5 cm.
  • 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve or cuff resists collapse under the vacuum pressure by being sufficiently thick.
  • 4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve or cuff comprises a dimension and curvature fabricated to fit snugly around the discontinuous section of the long bone, and wherein the sleeve or cuff is composed of an evacuatable, sterilizable, flexible, sealable material.
  • 5. The device according to claim 4, wherein the dimension and curvature of the sleeve or cuff is predetermined based on which type of long bone is being treated, and wherein the long bone is selected from a group comprising a femur, a clavicle, ribs, humerus, ulna, and radius, carpal and metacarpal bones and their phalanges, tibia, fibula, and tarsal and metatarsal bones and their phalanges.
  • 6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve or cuff is a biocompatible metal.
  • 7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve or cuff is a biocompatible plastic.
  • 8. The device according to claim 1, wherein: an elastic seal comprises a glue; andthe glue has elastic properties to maintain the elastic seal at the discontinuous section of the long bone to resist breakage of the elastic seal if the section of bone above the discontinuous section moves relative to the section of bone below the discontinuous section.
  • 9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the vacuum pressure is monitored by a pressure gauge attached to the sealable port.
  • 10. A system for stimulating new bone formation in a long bone with a discontinuity defect, the system comprising: a sleeve or cuff configured to enclose the long bone above and below the discontinuity defect, and adapted to enclose a circumference of the long bone above and below the discontinuity defect;a sealable port in fluid communication with an interior of the sleeve or cuff; anda vacuum pump fluidly connected to the sealable port for supplying a vacuum pressure to the sealable port and the discontinuity defect.
  • 11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the sealable port extends from the interior of the sleeve or cuff through skin to an exterior of a body, the sealable port adapted to transmit the vacuum pressure to the discontinuity defect in the long bone.
  • 12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the sleeve or cuff is adapted to resist collapse under the vacuum pressure.
  • 13. The system according to claim 10, wherein the sleeve or cuff is composed of an evacuatable, sterilizable, flexible, sealable material.
  • 14. The system according to claim 13, wherein a dimension and curvature of the sleeve or cuff is predetermined based on a type of the long bone, and wherein the type of the long bone is selected from a group comprising a femur, a clavicle, ribs, humerus, ulna, and radius, carpal and metacarpal bones and their phalanges, tibia, fibula, and tarsal and metatarsal bones and their phalanges.
  • 15. The system according to claim 10, wherein the sleeve or cuff is a biocompatible metal.
  • 16. The system according to claim 10, wherein the sleeve or cuff is a biocompatible plastic.
  • 17. The system according to claim 10, further comprising: an elastic seal configured to hermetically glue the sleeve or cuff to the long bone above and below the discontinuity defect; andwherein the elastic seal is configured to resist breakage if the long bone above the discontinuity defect moves relative to the long bone below the discontinuity defect.
  • 18. The system according to claim 10, wherein the vacuum pressure is monitored by a pressure gauge attached to the sealable port.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/643,390, filed Dec. 21, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,109,932 which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/410,610, filed Apr. 10, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,169,151, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

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