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US 11,723,704 B2Granted
Bone stent and port
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorJeffrey L. Scifert
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Abstract
A device is disclosed that includes a bone stent positioned within a bony access channel formed within a vertebra. The bony access channel may extends from an outer end of the vertebra through an endplate. The device includes an end cap attached to a proximal end portion of the bone stent and is configured to, post-operatively, open to allow a reintroduction of a material to a spinal intradiscal space or intervertebral disc and to seal access to the spinal intradiscal space or the intervertebral disc after the reintroduction of the material.
Claims20
A method for installing a bone stent, comprising:
- forming an access channel within a bone of a patient;
- attaching an end cap to a proximal end portion of a bone stent;
- positioning the bone stent within the access channel;
- introducing a first material into the bone stent;
- maintaining the bone stent within the access channel post-operatively;
- and
- opening, post-operatively, the endcap and introducing a second material into the bone stent.
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