Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low-compliance expandable medical device
- Patent Title (中): 低合规可扩展医疗设备
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Application No.: US11438693Application Date: 2006-05-23
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Publication No.: US07955339B2Publication Date: 2011-06-07
- Inventor: Jeffrey D. Schwardt , Andrea Leung , Richard W. Layne
- Applicant: Jeffrey D. Schwardt , Andrea Leung , Richard W. Layne
- Applicant Address: CH Neuchatel
- Assignee: Kyphon SARL
- Current Assignee: Kyphon SARL
- Current Assignee Address: CH Neuchatel
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/66
- IPC: A61B17/66

Abstract:
An apparatus includes an elongate body and an expandable member coupled to the elongate body. In one embodiment, the expandable member has a collapsed configuration, an unfolded configuration and an expanded configuration. The expandable member is configured to be percutaneously inserted into an interior portion of a bone structure when the expandable member is in the collapsed configuration. The expandable member is configured to exert a pressure in a vertical direction on a first portion of the bone structure in contact with the expandable member greater than a pressure exerted in a lateral direction on a second portion of the bone structure in contact with the expandable member when the expandable member transitions from the unfolded configuration to the expanded configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070050035A1 Low-compliance expandable medical device Public/Granted day:2007-03-01
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