Devices and methods for treating bone

US10238443B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Globus Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jody L. Seifert · Baumstown, US
• Paul W. Millhouse · Wayne, US
• Jamie Carroll · Drexel Hill, US
• Michael L. Boyer, II · Paoli, US
• Nirali Patel · Bristol, US
• David W. Ankney · Wayne, US
• Mark Adams · Sandy, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 23, 2016
• Grant date: Mar 26, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 23, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2002/4415
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.