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US 12,290,449 B2Granted
Balloon kyphoplasty surgical device and method
AssigneeFocus Medical Company, LLC
InventorCalvin Magee
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Abstract
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a balloon kyphoplasty surgical device comprising an extrusion tube having internal fluid channels and a support wire, a port arrangement positioned on a proximal end of the extrusion tube and a balloon arrangement positioned on a distal end of the extrusion tube, the balloon arrangement resulting in a cubic shape when inflated by the port arrangement.
Claims30
A kyphoplasty surgical method comprising:
- placing an extrusion tube through an incision in a patient,
- wherein the extrusion tube is operably coupled with a kyphoplasty balloon arrangement located at one end of the extrusion tube, and wherein the kyphoplasty balloon arrangement comprises a plurality of inner balloons retained within an outer balloon, and
- wherein the outer balloon is configured to be separately inflatable from the plurality of inner balloons, wherein each inner balloon and the outer balloon are in fluid communication with a respective single fluid channel thereby forming independently inflatable balloons.
A kyphoplasty surgical method comprising:
- placing an extrusion tube through an incision in a patient's back,
- wherein the extrusion tube comprises at least two internal fluid channels and a support wire and the at least two internal fluid channels are configured to be in fluid communication with a port arrangement positioned on a proximal end of the extrusion tube,
- wherein a distal end of the extrusion tube is configured with a balloon arrangement configured to be in fluid communication with the at least two internal fluid channels, the balloon arrangement resulting in a cubic shape when inflated thereby forming six flat surfaces, and
- wherein the balloon arrangement comprises a plurality of inner balloons housed within an outer balloon;
- wherein the inner balloons are configured to be in fluid communication with a respective single fluid channel and the outer balloon is configured to be in fluid communication with a single fluid channel thereby forming independently inflatable inner and outer balloons,
- wherein each inner balloon of the plurality of inner balloons is configured to be in fluid communication with a respective port/channel for each inner balloon.
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