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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2006
Applicants:
Robert M Scribner, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael L Reo, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert M Scribner, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael L Reo, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kyphon SARL, Neuchatel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cavity creating device having a cavity creating axis is introduced through a percutaneous access path into a cancellous bone volume, e.g., within a vertebral body. The cavity creating device is manipulated to form a cavity in the cancellous bone volume. The manipulation includes deflecting the cavity creating device along the cavity creating axis relative to the axis of the access path. A material, such as bone cement, can be conveyed into the cavity.