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Delivery apparatus and methods for vertebrostenting

US7909873B2 · kind B2 · utility

65Cited by

254References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Soteira, Inc. · US

Inventors

Francisca Tan-Malecki · Westlake Village, US
John V. Hamilton · Foxborough, US
Andrew R. Sennett · Hanover, US
Ronald A. Sahatjian · Lexington, US
James Coyle · Milwaukie, US
James Cannon · Gainesville, US
Liam Farrissey · Bray, IE
John Mugan · Galway, IE
Martin Bruggemann · Dublin, IE
Dion Gallagher · Newmarket on Fergus, IE
Damien Ryan · Galway, IE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 14, 2007
Grant date	Mar 22, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 20, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/8858
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of delivering and deploying a stent into a curvilinear cavity within a vertebral body or other bony or body structure. The invention also relates to devices that may be used to perform the steps to deliver and deploy a stent.

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