Systems and methods for reducing fractured bone using a fracture reduction cannula with a side discharge port
US7927339B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 2007 |
| Grant date | Apr 19, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2/4601
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An elongated shaft is sized and configured to establish an access path to bone having an interior volume occupied, at least in part, by cancellous bone. The elongated shaft includes a generally closed distal end portion and a side opening spaced from the closed distal end. A first tool is sized and configured to be selectively inserted into the shaft and selectively removed from the shaft. The tool includes a region that, when the first tool is inserted into the shaft, is capable of being aligned with and advanced through the side opening to project outside the side opening and contact cancellous bone. A second tool is sized and configured, upon removal of the first tool from the shaft, to introduce into the shaft a bone filling material for discharge through the side opening into the cancellous bone contacted by the first tool.
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