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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:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2007
Applicants:
Hai H. Trieu, Cordova, TN (US);
Aashiish Agnihotri, Memphis, TN (US);
Joseph Saladino, Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Hai H. Trieu, Cordova, TN (US);
Aashiish Agnihotri, Memphis, TN (US);
Joseph Saladino, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for treating a vertebral bone comprises providing a plurality of hollow microparticles and providing a flowable and settable bone filling material. The method further comprises mixing the plurality of hollow microparticles with the bone filling material to form a bone augmentation material. The method further comprises inserting an injection device into the vertebral bone and injecting the bone augmentation material from the injection device and into the vertebral bone.