Systems and methods for vertebral or other bone structure height restoration and stabilization
AssigneeCareFusion 2200, Inc.
InventorsEvan D. Linderman, John A. Krueger
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Abstract
A method for stabilizing fractured bone structure having a fractured height includes expanding the bone structure to a restored height greater than the fractured height by transitioning an expandable member inserted into the bone structure from a contracted state to an expanded state. A curable material is delivered into a cavity formed in the bone structure and allowed to harden while the expandable member maintains the bone structure at the restored height. The expandable member is then removed from the bone structure.
Claims7
A method for stabilizing a fractured bone structure of a patient, the fractured bone structure having a fractured height, the method comprising:
- expanding the bone structure to a restored height greater than the fractured height by transitioning at least a first expandable member inserted into the bone structure from a contracted state to an expanded state;
- delivering a curable material into a first cavity formed in the bone structure while the first expandable member maintains the bone structure at the restored height;
- allowing the curable material to harden while the first expandable member maintains the bone structure at the restored height;
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- after the curable material has hardened, removing the first expandable member from the bone structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.