Devices and methods using an expandable body with internal restraint for compressing cancellous bone
US7241303B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 8, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2210/1003
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Devices and methods compress cancellous bone. In one arrangement, the devices and methods make use of an expandable body that includes an internal restraint coupled to the body. The internal restraint directs expansion of the body. In one arrangement, a method for treating bone inserts the device having the internal restraint inside bone and causes directed expansion of the body in cancellous bone. Cancellous bone is compacted by the directed expansion.
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