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US 10,537,368 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for treating vertebral fractures
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorsDamien O'Halloran, Sean Suh
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for treating bones, including, in one or more embodiments, methods and apparatus for treatment of vertebral fractures that include a containment assembly for cement containment and/or a balloon assembly for maintaining vertebral height. A containment assembly comprising a containment jacket adapted to be deployed inside bone; and a dividing wall that separates the interior of the containment jacket into a proximal region and a distal region, the dividing wall having an opening for providing access to the distal region from the proximal region.
Claims10
A method of treating bone, comprising:
- creating a first cavity in a vertebral body;
- creating a second cavity in the vertebral body;
- introducing a containment device in the first cavity;
- introducing a first portion of bone filler into the containment device;
- disposing a balloon within a container;
- inserting the container, with the balloon, into the second cavity, the container adapted to isolate the balloon from the first portion of bone filler and prevent the balloon from contacting the first portion of bone filler;
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- inflating the balloon disposed in the second cavity;
- maintaining the inflation of the balloon while the first portion of bone filler disposed within the containment device is being cured so that vertebral height of the vertebral body is maintained during curing.
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