Bone treatment systems and methods
AssigneeDFine, Inc.
InventorsCsaba Truckai, Andrew Kohm, John Shadduck
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Abstract
Systems and methods for treating vertebral compression fractures are provided. A kit can include at least one body containing a bone cement precursor to be mixed with at least one other bone cement precursor to form a bone cement. The body or a package containing the body can include at least one sensor. In some embodiments the sensor can be a temperature sensor. In some methods, data from the sensor can be used to determine certain parameters related to a treatment interval involving the bone cement.
Claims32
A system for providing a bone cement for injection into a patient, comprising:
- a bone cement kit comprising one or more packages of bone cement precursors, wherein the bone cement precursors are configured to combine to form a bone cement;
- a data transmitter carried by at least one of the one or more packages, the data transmitter configured to communicate output data;
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- a data receiver configured to receive the output data from the data transmitter and for providing a signal to one or both of an electronic controller and system operator, wherein the signal indicates a cement temperature.
A system for providing a bone cement for injection into a patient, comprising:
- a bone cement kit comprising one or more packages of bone cement components, wherein the bone cement components are configured to combine to form a bone cement and include a liquid monomer component and a powder component;
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- a data receiver configured to receive output data concerning the bone cement components from a data transmitter and for providing a signal to one or both of an electronic controller and system operator, wherein the signal indicates a cement temperature.
A system for providing a bone cement for injection into a patient, comprising:
- a bone cement kit comprising one or more packages of bone cement components, wherein the bone cement components are configured to combine to form a bone cement and include a liquid monomer component and a powder component;
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- at least one temperature sensor affixed to at least one package of the bone cement components, the sensor configured to indicate the temperature of said bone cement component.
A method for providing operational information concerning a bone cement, comprising:
- providing a bone cement kit comprising one or more packages of bone cement precursors, wherein the bone cement precursors combine to form a bone cement and at least one of the one or more packages has a radio frequency tag affixed thereto;
- receiving a signal from the radio frequency tag indicating data of one or more bone cement precursors;
- mixing the bone cement precursors to form the bone cement;
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- determining an operational step for the use of the bone cement based on the data.
A method for providing operational information concerning a bone cement, comprising:
- providing a bone cement kit comprising at least two packages of bone cement precursors, and at least one temperature sensor affixed to one of the packages of bone cement precursors;
- mixing the bone cement precursors to provide a bone cement;
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- determining a bone cement injection start time based on temperature from the at least one temperature sensor.
A method of determining a working condition of a curable bone cement, the method comprising:
- determining a pre-mix temperature of at least one of first and second bone cement precursors;
- determining an ambient temperature;
- mixing the first and second bone cement precursors to form a bone cement;
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- determining a bone cement injection start time based at least in part on an algorithm relating to said pre-mix and ambient temperatures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.