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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
May. 20, 2019
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Keith Burger, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joshua Cheatwood, Windsor, CA (US);
Shixin Chen, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a steerable and curvable drill that can be used for various applications including vertebroplasty. The drill can include an elongate, tubular body, having a proximal end, a distal end, and a central lumen extending therethrough; a deflectable zone on the distal end of the tubular body including one or more laser cuts, deflectable through an angular range; an insertable wire insertable into at least a portion of the central lumen of the elongate, tubular body; a handle on the proximal end of the tubular body; a deflection control on the handle; a drill control on the handle; a drive shaft within the elongate tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end; and a boring element on the distal end of the device for creating a cavity within bone. The boring element can be operably connected to the distal end of the drive shaft via a crimping mechanism. Systems and methods involving the drill are also disclosed.