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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2023
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Jacques Teisen, Zurich, CH;
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
An expandable implant system is configured to increase the height of a target bone, for instance that has been subjected to a compression fracture. The expandable implant system includes an implant assembly that can be inserted into the target bone, and subsequently expanded so as to increase the height of the target bone. The expandable implant system further includes an and insertion assembly that is configured to create an insertion channel into the target bone, such that the implant assembly can be inserted in a collapsed configuration into the target bone along the insertion channel, and subsequently expanded.