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Systems and methods for creating cavities in interior body regions

US7909827B2 · kind B2 · utility

119Cited by

131References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

KYPHON SARL · CH

Inventors

Mark A. Reiley · Delray Beach, US
Arie Scholten · Fremont, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 24, 2007
Grant date	Mar 22, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 22, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2210/0085
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A tubular member is sized and configured to establish an access path to bone having an interior volume occupied, at least in part, by cancellous bone. The tubular member includes a distal end portion having at least one opening. A structure is sized and configured to be carried by the tubular member and controllably advanced through the at least one opening to define a cutting surface that projects outside the distal end portion. The cutting surface has a dimension capable of cutting cancellous bone in response to rotation of the tubular member within the cancellous bone.

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