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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Inventors:
John Martin Aho, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Andrew R. Sennett, Hanover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1642 (2013.01); A61B 17/1617 (2013.01); A61B 17/1631 (2013.01); A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to devices and methods for creating a curvilinear cavity within a vertebral body or other body structure. An example method of forming a void in bony structure includes accessing a bony structure with a cannula, inserting a distal end of a combined drill and reaming device through the cannula and into the bony structure, manipulating the distal end of the combined drill and reaming device to create a void in the bony structure, and removing the distal end of the combined drill and reaming device from the cannula.