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US 2017/0281146 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for distracting a joint
AssigneePivot Medical, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Kaiser, Paritosh Ambekar, Ed Carcamo
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Abstract
A joint-spacing balloon catheter comprising: a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end; first and second balloons mounted to the distal end of the shaft, the first balloon being disposed distal to, and spaced from, the second balloon, with the portion of the shaft between the first and second balloons being flexible; and a handle attached to the proximal end of the shaft.
Claims5
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A method for creating space in a joint of a limb, the method comprising:
- applying force to the limb at a location remote from the joint so as to fully distract the joint and create an intrajoint space;
- while the joint is fully distracted by the force applied to the limb at a location remote from the joint so as to create the intrajoint space, inserting an expandable member into the intrajoint space, the expandable member being inserted into the intrajoint space while the expandable member is in a contracted condition;
- while the joint is fully distracted by the force applied to the limb at a location remote from the joint so as to create the intrajoint space, expanding the expandable member within the intrajoint space;
- and
- reducing the force applied to the limb at a location remote from the joint so that the joint is maintained in a distracted condition by the expandable member.
2 more elements
A perineal post comprising a balloon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.