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US 9,283,016 B2Granted
System and method for forming porous bone filling material
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorsHai Trieu, Aashiish Agnihotri, Joseph Saldino
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Abstract
A method for treating a vertebral bone comprises providing a gaseous substance and providing a flowable and settable bone filling material. The method further comprises introducing the gaseous substance into the bone filling material to form a porous bone augmentation material and inserting a material delivery device into the vertebral bone. The method further comprises injecting the porous bone augmentation material from the material delivery device and into the vertebral bone.
Claims13
A bone augmentation system comprising:
- a first vessel at least partially filled with a gaseous substance;
- a second vessel at least partially filled with a flowable and settable bone filling material;
- a mixing vessel in fluid communication with both the first and second vessels to receive the gaseous substance and the flowable and settable bone filling material, the mixing vessel including a mixing mechanism for mixing the gaseous substance and the bone filling material to form a bone augmentation material, the mixing mechanism comprising a plurality of projections extending from an inner surface of the mixing vessel configured to disperse the gaseous substance throughout the bone filling material;
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- a dispensing instrument comprising a dispensing reservoir for receiving the bone augmentation material and comprising a cannulated member adapted to deliver the bone augmentation material into a body region adjacent cancellous bone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.