Devices and methods for treating bone tissue

US8814873B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Benvenue Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Laurent Schaller · Los Altos, US
• Jeffrey L. Emery · Emerald Hills, US
• Timothy J. McGrath · Fremont, US
• James K. Lee · Santa Clara, US
• Ryan Jeffrey Connolly · San Carlos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 22, 2012
• Grant date: Aug 26, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/00867
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for creating channels within bone. One method for treating bone generally includes traversing an elongated member through cancellous bone of a vertebral body along a first generally non-linear path and then retracting the elongated member, thereby leaving a generally non-linear channel. The elongated member then is traversed through the cancellous bone along a second generally non-linear path, which second path does not completely coincide with the first path and then retracted along the second generally nonlinear path, thereby leaving a second generally non-linear channel. Optionally, bone filler material is deployed into the channels.