Intramedullary Repair System for Vertebra Fractures
AssigneeEndoSpinal, Inc.
InventorsEdward Diao, Harold F. Carrison, Samuel Wade Johnson
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Abstract
An system for reducing a fracture in an vertebral body is disclosed herein. The system may include incremental implant elements and a delivery device. The incremental implant elements are configured for percutaneous delivery into, and accumulation within, a volume of the vertebral body. The delivery device is configured to percutaneously deliver the incremental implant elements into the volume of the vertebra body in an incremental fashion. As the incremental implant elements are incrementally delivered into the volume of the vertebra body, the accumulation of the incremental members in the volume of the vertebra body places the fracture in the vertebra body in a reduced state.
Claims29
A method of reducing a fracture in a vertebra body, the method comprising:
- percutaneously introducing an implant into a volume of the vertebra body;
- causing first and second members of the implant to displace away from each other within the volume, thereby placing the fracture in the vertebra body in a reduced state;
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- fixing the first and second members relative to each other so as to maintain the fracture of the vertebra body in the reduced state.
A method of reducing a fracture in a vertebra body, the method comprising:
- percutaneously introducing incremental implant elements into a volume of the vertebra body, the accumulation of the incremental elements in the volume of the vertebra body placing the fracture in the vertebra body in a reduced state.
A system for reducing a fracture in an vertebral body, the system comprising:
- incremental implant elements configured for percutaneous delivery into, and accumulation within, a volume of the vertebral body;
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- a delivery device configured to percutaneously deliver the incremental implant elements into the volume of the vertebra body in an incremental fashion.
An intramedullary implant for reducing a fracture in an vertebral body, the implant comprising:
- generally opposed plates coupled together and configured to deploy from a percutaneously deliverable configuration to a deployed configuration wherein the plates are displaced from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.