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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
May. 18, 2005
Avram Allan Edidin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Arthur E. Ferdinand, San Jose, CA (US);
Cesar A. Ico, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aaron D. Markworth, Saddle Brook, NJ (US);
Avram Allan Edidin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Arthur E. Ferdinand, San Jose, CA (US);
Cesar A. Ico, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aaron D. Markworth, Saddle Brook, NJ (US);
Kyphon SARL, Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a scaffold configured to be disposed in a bone. The scaffold is configured to move from a first configuration to a second configuration. The scaffold in the second configuration is expanded from the first configuration. A selectively-expandable actuator is configured to be removably disposed within the scaffold. The selectively-expandable actuator is configured to move at least a portion of the scaffold to the second configuration when the selectively-expandable actuator is moved to an expanded configuration. A shape of the selectively-expandable actuator is substantially the same as a shape of the scaffold when the selectively-expandable actuator and the scaffold are in the second configuration. The selectively-expandable actuator configured to be removed from the scaffold when in a collapsed configuration. The scaffold is configured to remain substantially in the second configuration after the scaffold has been expanded by the actuator.