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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2010
Paul M. Sand, San Carlos, CA (US);
Mark A. Reiley, Piedmont, CA (US);
Arie Scholten, Manteca, CA (US);
Robert M. Scribner, Niwot, CO (US);
Michael L. Reo, Redwood City, CA (US);
Paul M. Sand, San Carlos, CA (US);
Mark A. Reiley, Piedmont, CA (US);
Arie Scholten, Manteca, CA (US);
Robert M. Scribner, Niwot, CO (US);
Michael L. Reo, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kyphon SARL, Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
A cavity creation device is introduced into a cancellous bone volume of a vertebral body through a percutaneous access path. The cavity creating device is manipulated to form a cavity in the cancellous bone volume. A volume of filling material is placed in the cavity by introducing a tube through the percutaneous access path and by conveying the filling material through a side dispensing port of the tube.