Delivery of apparatus and methods for vertebrostenting

A surgical method comprising:

• creating a pathway to a vertebral body;
• forming a cavity in the vertebral body using a drill;
• inserting a stent via a stent delivery system into the enlarged cavity, wherein the stent delivery system comprises a sheath extended over the stent, wherein the stent comprises a co-braided structure that is self-expandable and collapsible within the sheath;
• and
• removing the sheath from the stent to deploy and expand the stent, wherein the stent expands on its own within the vertebral body without the use of a filler material, and simultaneously moving forward the stent to compensate for any foreshortening of the stent during removal of the sheath.

A surgical method comprising:

• creating a pathway to a vertebral body;
• forming a cavity in the vertebral body using a drill;
• inserting a stent via a stent delivery system into the enlarged cavity, wherein the stent delivery system comprises a sheath, wherein the stent comprises a co-braided structure that is self-expandable and collapsible within the sheath;
• and
• deploying and expanding the stent from the stent delivery system by removing the sheath, wherein the stent expands on its own within the vertebral body without the use of a filler material, and simultaneously moving forward the stent to compensate for any foreshortening of the stent during removal of the sheath.