1.-14. (canceled)
15. A tool for grasping and placing a delivery system near a bone comprising: a handle connected to a docking port, said docking port configured to attached to a rigid structure attached to a bone repair delivery system; and a plunger disposed in said handle configured to push and release said rigid structure into a bone location.
16. A tool of claim 15, wherein the bone repair delivery system comprises a plurality of operably linked segments of at least two types: a first segment type comprising a covering material defining at least one compartment configured to retain a bone growth substance; and a second segment type configured to connect segments of the first type; said delivery system configured to retain a bone growth substance.
17. A tool of claim 16, wherein the bone repair delivery system comprises segments of the first type that vary in size.
18. A tool of claim 16, wherein the second segment type is comprised of a covering material.
19. A tool of claim 16, wherein the segments of the first type are pre-filled with approximately equivalent amounts of bone growth substance.
20. A tool of claim 16, wherein the second type segments are configured to retain little or no bone growth substance.
21. A tool of claim 15, wherein the bone repair delivery system is designed for use in a sternum closure procedure.
22. A tool of claim 15, wherein the bone repair delivery system is used in filling an irregular shaped bone void.
23. A tool of claim 22, wherein at least two segments of the first type within the bone void are packed substantially parallel.
24. A tool of claim 15, wherein the bone repair delivery system is terminally sterilized.
25. A tool of claim 15, wherein the bone delivery system is sterilized by a method chosen from the group consisting of: gamma radiation, electron beam radiation, UV irradiation, cobalt source radiation; autoclaving, dry heating, and by supercritical fluid exposure.
26. A tool of claim 16, wherein the bone growth substance is sterilized by a method other than that used to sterilize the covering material.
27. A tool of claim 15, wherein the bone delivery system comprises a bone growth substance contained within a covering material, the volume of the bone growth substance is less than the maximum volume of the compartment, wherein said covering material containing said bone growth substance is configured to fit an irregular bone void.
28. A tool of claim 27, wherein bone growth substance in excess of that used to fill the void, and excess covering material, is removed and discarded.
29. A tool of claim 15, wherein the bone delivery system is configured to be used in a discectomy.
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 method of producing a mirror unit, comprising the steps of:
forming a multilayered film on a substrate, the multilayered film having two materials periodically laminated in layers on the substrate;
providing substrate deforming means in association with the substrate, the deforming means having a function for producing deformation of a shape of the substrate;
partially removing the multilayered film; and
producing deformation, by use of the substrate deforming means, of the substrate shape of a period component corresponding to a half or more of the size of the substrate surface.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein, in said multilayered film partially removing step, the multilayered film is partially removed while taking the period of the multilayered film as unit.
3. A method according to claim 1, further comprising measuring a wavefront of light reflected by the mirror unit.
4. A method according to claim 1, wherein, where a wavelength of the light is \u03bb, an error of the wavefront not less than \u03bb2 (rms) is corrected by using the substrate deforming means and an error of the wavefront less than \u03bb2 (rms) is corrected by partially removing the multilayered film.