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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
Medtronic Holding Company Sàrl, Tolochenaz, CH;
Masoumeh Mafi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bryan J. Auyoung, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Todd W. Jenkins, San Jose, CA (US);
Warren C. Sapida, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Medtronic Holding Company Sárl, Tolochenaz, CH;
Abstract
A device and method for treating bone fractures/lesions using an inflatable body is provided. The inflatable body includes a balloon having a substantially flat horizontal surface for quick easy insertion into bone beneath the fracture so as to align misaligned fragments of the fracture and/or to collapsed bone. The body has a shape and size to compress at least a portion of the cancellous bone to form a cavity in the cancellous bone and/or to restore the original position of the outer cortical bone, if fractured or collapsed. The inflatable body has a stylet attached to it's distal end so that once the inflatable body is deflated it can be twisted about the stylet to have a smaller profile so as to be easily withdrawn from the bone.