Devices and methods for treating bone
US8328818B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 29, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2002/4415
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.
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