1. A bone fixation device comprising:
a delivery catheter, comprising an inflatable member;
a hardenable media contained within the inflatable member, said hardenable media comprising an epoxy that cures to a hardened form having a static compression bending value (ASTM F1717) of at least 90 lbs in about 90 minutes or less; and
at least two anchors having portals,
wherein said inflatable member extends through said portals of said at least two anchors.
2. The bone fixation device of claim 1, wherein said epoxy comprises about 45-52% by weight aromatic diepoxide resin, about 19-23% by weight aliphatic diepoxide resin, about 20-29% by weight dialkylamines and about 4-9% cycloalkylamines.
3. The bone fixation device of claim 2, wherein the aromatic diepoxide resin comprises diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol A or diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol F.
4. The bone fixation device of claim 3, wherein the dialkylamines are according to a formula H2N\u2014R\u2014NH2, wherein R is a branched or unbranched C2-C10 alkyl group.
5. The bone fixation device of claim 4, wherein the cycloalkylamines are N-aminoalkylpiperazines.
6. The bone fixation device of claim 2, wherein the aliphatic diepoxide resin comprises one or more alkane diols of glycidyl ether.
7. The bone fixation device of claim 2, wherein the aromatic diepoxide resin comprises diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol A, the aliphatic diepoxide resin comprises butane diol of glycidyl ether, the dialkylamine comprises 1,3-diaminopropane, and the cycloalkylamine comprises N-aminoethylpiperazine.
8. The bone fixation device of claim 1, wherein the hardenable media cures at temperature below about 45\xb0 C.
9. The bone fixation device of claim 1, wherein the hardenable media has a static compression bending value (ASTM F1717) of at least 150 lbs within 12 hours.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A holder comprising:
a base portion, the base portion includes a base plate having a generally planar surface, which provides a surface upon which the base portion rests against a vertical surface; and
a receiving portion configured to be attachable to a handle.
2. The holder of claim 1, wherein the receiving portion has a cylindrical groove therein.
3. The holder of claim 1, wherein the base plate has a curvature thereto.
4. The holder of claim 3, comprising:
a support plate, which extends from the receiving portion to the base portion.
5. The holder of claim 1, wherein the receiving portion has a generally cylindrical curvature thereto.
6. The holder of claim 2, wherein the cylindrical groove is configured to receive a cylindrical handle.
7. The holder of claim 1, further comprising an angular section, which extends from a lower portion of the receiving portion and the base portion.
8. The holder of claim 1, wherein the angular section has a greater height on one end than on an opposite end.
9. The holder of claim 1, wherein the broom holder is fixed andor attached to the handle of the broom andor the like.
10. A broom holder comprising:
a base portion; and
a cylindrical loop portion having a groove therein, which receives a cylindrical handle of a broom andor the like within the groove.
11. The broom holder of claim 10, wherein the base portion includes a base plate having a generally flat andor planar surface, which is on an opposite surface of the loop portion, and which provides a surface upon which the broom holder rests against a vertical surface andor wall.
12. The broom holder of claim 10, wherein the cylindrical loop portion has a generally cylindrical curvature thereto.
13. The broom holder of claim 10, comprising:
an angular section, which extends from a lower portion of the cylindrical loop portion and the base portion; and
14. The broom holder of claim 10, wherein the cylindrical loop portion has a pair of ends.
15. The broom holder of claim 14, wherein the cylindrical loop portion has a greater thickness on a lower portion thereof as compared to each end of the pair of ends of the cylindrical loop portion.
16. The broom holder of claim 14, wherein the pair of ends overlap one another.
17. The broom holder of claim 10, wherein the angular section has a greater height on one end than on an opposite end.
18. A method of preventing a cylindrical handle from sliding andor slipping off a wall andor a vertical surface comprising:
placing a broom rest on an upper portion of the cylindrical handle, the broom rest comprising:
a base portion; and
a cylindrical receiving portion having a groove therein, which receives a cylindrical handle of a broom andor the like within the groove; and
resting the base portion against the wall andor the vertical surface.