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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2004
Devices and methods using an expandable body with internal restraint for compressing cancellous bone
Paul Reiss, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cesar Ico, San Francisco, CA (US);
Karen D Talmadge, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark a Reiley, Piedmont, CA (US);
Arie Scholten, Manteca, CA (US);
Paul Reiss, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cesar Ico, San Francisco, CA (US);
Karen D Talmadge, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark A Reiley, Piedmont, CA (US);
Arie Scholten, Manteca, CA (US);
Kyphon Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods compress cancellous bone. In one arrangement, the devices and methods make use of an expandable body that includes an internal restraint coupled to the body. The internal restraint directs expansion of the body. In one arrangement, a method for treating bone inserts the device having the internal restraint inside bone and causes directed expansion of the body in cancellous bone. Cancellous bone is compacted by the directed expansion.