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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
May. 18, 2004
Richard W. Layne, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christine L. Seto, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Cesar A. Ico, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alex Hsia, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher R. Ralph, Woodinville, WA (US);
Robert M. Scribner, Niwot, CO (US);
Richard W. Layne, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christine L. Seto, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Cesar A. Ico, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alex Hsia, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher R. Ralph, Woodinville, WA (US);
Robert M. Scribner, Niwot, CO (US);
Kyphon SÀRL, Neuchâtel, CH;
Abstract
This invention relates to devices for inserting expandable structures, such as medical balloons, into interior regions of a human or animal body, as well as methods for their use. The insertion devices described herein are capable of directionally guiding and/or inhibiting expansion of an expandable structure within an interior region of an animal or human body to create optimally placed cavities for repair, augmentation and/or treatment of fractured and/or diseased bone.