Methods and devices for treating bone after high velocity and/or trauma fracture
US7959638B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 25, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 24, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2310/00353
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An expandable body is inserted into an area of cancellous within a vertebral body through a percutaneous access path. A bone filler is conveyed into the expandable body to expand the expandable body and displace cancellous bone and create a cavity occupied at least in part by the expandable body and the bone filler. The expandable body and the bone filler are left within the cavity to strengthen the vertebral body.
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