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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventors:
Evan D. Linderman, Deerfield, IL (US);
John A. Krueger, Muskego, WI (US);
Assignee:
STRYKER CORPORATION, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8819 (2013.01); A61B 17/1642 (2013.01); A61B 17/8805 (2013.01); A61B 17/8811 (2013.01); A61B 17/8822 (2013.01); A61B 17/8855 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2090/062 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02);
Abstract
A stylet-guided balloon vertebroplasty system, as well as methods for bone augmentation using same are provided. In certain embodiments, a pre-curved stylet with an overlying delivery tube may be used to target an approximately centered target site within a bone structure, facilitating direction thereto of an expandable member useful for creating a cavity that may receive curable material to restore bone height and/or to reinforce the bone structure.