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Surgical instrument and method

US7615052B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 29, 2005
Grant dateNov 10, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2002/4693
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention include devices and methods for manipulating bone. Instruments of some of the embodiments are insertable into a vertebral body or between vertebral bodies to apply forces to the vertebral bodies to strengthen bone or prepare bone to be strengthened.

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