Methods, materials and apparatus for treating bone and other tissue
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1. A composite tool for accessing bone, comprising:
- an elongate body, having;
a head having a distal tip configured to penetrate bone, the head being disposed on a distal end of the elongate body;
at least one aperture formed in a sidewall of the elongate body proximal to the distal end and being configured to extrude material radially therethrough and into bone;
a lumen adapted to deliver material to the aperture; and
a guidewire channel formed within at least a portion of the elongate body;
wherein the guidewire channel is collapsible in response to pressurizing material to be delivered through the lumen.
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Abstract
A method of treating a vertebra, comprising:
- (a) accessing an interior of a vertebra; and
- (b) introducing a sufficient amount of artificial biocompatible material which does not set to a hardened condition in storage, into said bone, with sufficient force to move apart fractured portions of said bone.
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1. A composite tool for accessing bone, comprising:
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an elongate body, having; a head having a distal tip configured to penetrate bone, the head being disposed on a distal end of the elongate body; at least one aperture formed in a sidewall of the elongate body proximal to the distal end and being configured to extrude material radially therethrough and into bone; a lumen adapted to deliver material to the aperture; and a guidewire channel formed within at least a portion of the elongate body; wherein the guidewire channel is collapsible in response to pressurizing material to be delivered through the lumen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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