Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for vertebral or other bone structure height restoration and stabilization
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Application No.: US17142301Application Date: 2021-01-06
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Publication No.: US11666366B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- 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:
A system for restoring height of a vertebral body with a balloon and stabilizing the vertebral body with bone cement. A delivery tube extends from a handle and may be formed from a flexible polymer and a radiopaque filler. The flexible polymer maintains a patent lumen along a curve so as to receive sequential introduction of the balloon and the bone cement to within the vertebral body at a location offset from a longitudinal axis. The radiopaque filler provides for at least a portion of the delivery tube being radiopaque under fluoroscopic visualization. The radiopaque filler may be barium, and the delivery tube may be constructed from coextruding the flexible polymer with the barium. Visual indicia on the handle may indicate a position of the delivery tube relative to another component of the system such as an access cannula. The visual indicia may indicate a direction of the curve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210121217A1 Systems And Methods For Vertebral Or Other Bone Structure Height Restoration And Stabilization Public/Granted day:2021-04-29
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