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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2004
Scott Mcgill, San Ramon, CA (US);
Harold F. Carrison, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Mukund R. Patel, San Jose, CA (US);
Shana Castelli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Austin Hendricks, Fremont, CA (US);
Scott McGill, San Ramon, CA (US);
Harold F. Carrison, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Mukund R. Patel, San Jose, CA (US);
Shana Castelli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Austin Hendricks, Fremont, CA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for delivering bone cement into a vertebra includes a cannula and a mix and delivery device pivotally coupled to the cannula. The mix and deliver provides a single device in which a flowable compound may be mixed and the dispensed into the vertebrae through the cannula. The mix and delivery device includes a piston, slidably disposed within a barrel of the device, for advancing the bone cement through an outlet communicating with the cannula. An actuating device, which exerts a pressure, is connected to an inlet on the mix and delivery device (either directly or through a tube). The pressure created by the actuating device is used to advance the piston within the mix and delivery device.