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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2006
Applicants:
Kwan Ku Lin, San Marino, CA (US);
Philip S. Yuan, Long Beach, CA (US);
Robert M. Scribner, Niwot, CO (US);
Inventors:
Kwan Ku Lin, San Marino, CA (US);
Philip S. Yuan, Long Beach, CA (US);
Robert M. Scribner, Niwot, CO (US);
Assignee:
Crosstrees Medical, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8855 (2013.01); A61B 17/8811 (2013.01); A61B 17/8866 (2013.01); A61B 17/70 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for treating vertebral bone including a releasably closed, removable filling member which can be placed within a plane separating superior and inferior portions of a vertebral body and oriented to promote its stabilization and realignment upon expansion of the filling member along the plane via injection of filler material, while minimally compacting bone or creating unsupported voids within the interior of the vertebral body.