Devices and methods for vertebrostenting
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorsJohn Martin Aho, Andrew R. Sennett
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Abstract
The invention relates to devices and methods for creating a curvilinear cavity within a vertebral body or other body structure. An example method of forming a void in bony structure includes accessing a bony structure with a cannula, inserting a distal end of a combined drill and reaming device through the cannula and into the bony structure, manipulating the distal end of the combined drill and reaming device to create a void in the bony structure, and removing the distal end of the combined drill and reaming device from the cannula.
Claims20
An apparatus for forming a void in bony structure comprising:
- a handle;
- and
- a flexible drill shaft assembly extending from a distal end of the handle, comprising:
- a pivotable blade located at a distal end of the flexible drill shaft assembly, wherein the pivotable blade is configured to cut in both a non-deployed and deployed position;
- a flexible rotatable drive shaft coupled to the pivotable blade;
- and a flexible, moveable and non-rotatable housing.
A method of forming a void in bony structure, the method comprising the steps of:
- accessing a bony structure with a cannula;
- inserting a distal end of a combined drill and reaming device through the cannula and into the bony structure;
- manipulating the distal end of the combined drill and reaming device to create a void in the bony structure;
- and
- removing the distal end of the combined drill and reaming device from the cannula wherein the drill and reaming device includes a handle;
- and
- a flexible drill shaft assembly extending from a distal end of the handle, comprising:
- a pivotable blade located at a distal end of the flexible drill shaft assembly, wherein the pivotable blade is configured to cut in both a non-deployed and deployed position;
- a flexible rotatable drive shaft coupled to the pivotable blade;
- and a flexible, moveable and non-rotatable housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.