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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Ramon B. Gustilo, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jude L. Sasing, Quezon, PH;
Joan E. Bechtold, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Andrew L. Freeman, Falcon Heights, MN (US);
William James Camisa, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ramon B. Gustilo, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jude L. Sasing, Quezon, PH;
Joan E. Bechtold, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Andrew L. Freeman, Falcon Heights, MN (US);
William James Camisa, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A bone compacting device for compacting cancellous bone within a bone cavity, the bone compacting device including a body having a plurality of segments, wherein each segment is adjacent to at least one adjacent segment between a first end and a second end of the body, and wherein each of the plurality of segments is independently expandable to contact the cancellous bone.