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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
Susan J. Drapeau, Cordova, TN (US);
Daniel A. Shimko, Germantown, TN (US);
Kip Roberts, Memphis, TN (US);
Kelly B. Emerton, Memphis, TN (US);
Susan J. Drapeau, Cordova, TN (US);
Daniel A. Shimko, Germantown, TN (US);
Kip Roberts, Memphis, TN (US);
Kelly B. Emerton, Memphis, TN (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
An expansion device includes an inflatable balloon moveable from an unexpanded configuration to an expanded configuration configured to pass through soft tissue between two adjacent teeth of a patient when in the unexpanded configuration. The an expansion device also includes an inflation tube having one end connected to the inflatable balloon and another end serving as an entry port for an inflation fluid. The inflatable balloon has a triangular shape when in the expanded configuration.