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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Reynaldo a Osorio, Daly City, CA (US);
Marialulu Follmer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Richard W Layne, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ryan P Boucher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Karen D Talmadge, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph J Basista, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Reynaldo A Osorio, Daly City, CA (US);
Marialulu Follmer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Richard W Layne, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ryan P Boucher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Karen D Talmadge, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph J Basista, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kyphon Sarl, Neuchatel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Introduction of a bone filler material into at least a portion of the cancellous bone volume pressurizes the bone filler material and compresses the cancellous bone volume within the bone structure.