Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for vertebral or other bone structure height restoration and stabilization
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Application No.: US15647774Application Date: 2017-07-12
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Publication No.: US10022173B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Evan D. Linderman , John A. Krueger
- Applicant: Stryker Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI Kalamazoo
- Assignee: Stryker Corporation
- Current Assignee: Stryker Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Kalamazoo
- Agency: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
- Main IPC: A61B17/88
- IPC: A61B17/88 ; A61B17/16 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods for stabilization of a bone structure. A distal curved portion of a delivery tube is directed through an access cannula to a target site within the bone structure. The distal curved portion forms a curved path with respect to the access cannula. A cavity-forming device including an expandable member is adapted to be curved by a support structure in the expandable member. The curve may be provided by tracking the curved path formed by the delivery tube. The support structure may provide trackability and pushability to the expandable member of the cavity-forming device as it is directed into the curved path. Curable material is delivered through the delivery tube into a cavity formed by expanding the expandable member within the bone structure. The cavity is offset relative to the access cannula and/or the distal curved portion of the delivery tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170303983A1 Systems And Methods For Vertebral Or Other Bone Structure Height Restoration And Stabilization Public/Granted day:2017-10-26
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