System and method for vertebral body repair
AssigneeKic Ventures, LLC
InventorsKINGSLEY R. CHIN, VITO LORE, JOSHUA FINKEL-LOPEZ
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Abstract
A method for inserting bone filler material into a defect of a vertebra includes providing a bone needle tool having an inner stylet component and an outer cannula component, and then inserting the bone needle tool into a pedicle and advancing the bone needle tool until a distal end of the inner stylet component pierces an endplate of the vertebra and reaches the defect. Next, removing the inner stylet component from the bone needle tool and attaching a syringe filled with bone filler material to a proximal end of the outer cannula component and then advancing a plunger of the syringe to deliver the bone filler material into the defect.
Claims22
A method for inserting bone filler material into a defect of a vertebra, comprising:
- providing a bone needle tool comprising an inner stylet component and an outer cannula component;
- inserting the bone needle tool into a pedicle and advancing the bone needle tool until a distal end of the inner stylet component pierces an endplate of the vertebra and reaches the defect;
- removing the inner stylet component from the bone needle tool and attaching a syringe filled with bone filler material to a proximal end of the outer cannula component;
- advancing a plunger of the syringe to deliver the bone filler material into the defect.
A system for inserting bone filler material into a defect of a vertebra, comprising:
- a bone needle tool comprising an inner stylet component and an outer cannula component;
- a syringe filled with bone filler material;
- wherein the bone needle tool is configured to be inserted into a pedicle and advanced until a distal end of the inner stylet component pierces an endplate of the vertebra and reaches the defect;
- wherein the inner stylet component is configured to be removed from the bone needle tool and the syringe is configured to be attached to a proximal end of the outer cannula component;
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- wherein a plunger of the syringe is configured to be advanced to deliver the bone filler material into the defect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.