Bone treatment systems and methods
First Claim
1. A method for treating a bone comprising:
- filling an elongated cement-carrying device with a volume of bone fill material;
disposing the elongated cement-carrying device carrying the volume of bone fill material therein within an elongated receiving channel of a housing, the housing further comprising a thermal energy emitter, wherein the housing is positioned outside of a patient'"'"'s body;
delivering energy from an energy source to the thermal energy emitter; and
controlling the thermal energy emitter to apply thermal energy from the thermal energy emitter to the contained volume of bone fill material.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for treating bone, such as vertebral compression fractures are disclosed. A method includes controllably applying energy to a bone cement volume outside of a patient'"'"'s body to selectively accelerate the polymerization rate of the bone fill material volume prior to introduction into a bone. The method further includes sequentially introducing a plurality of cement carrying structures with the accelerated polymerization rate bone cement volume into the bone. A system for use in the method includes at least one elongated cement-carrying structure sized to carry a bone cement volume therein and an energy source operatively coupleable to the cement-carrying structure. The energy source applies energy to the bone cement volume to selectively accelerate a polymerization rate thereof. An elongated injector insertable into the bone has a passageway that removably receives the elongated cement-carrying structure to allow delivery of the accelerated polymerization rate bone cement into the bone.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for treating a bone comprising:
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filling an elongated cement-carrying device with a volume of bone fill material; disposing the elongated cement-carrying device carrying the volume of bone fill material therein within an elongated receiving channel of a housing, the housing further comprising a thermal energy emitter, wherein the housing is positioned outside of a patient'"'"'s body; delivering energy from an energy source to the thermal energy emitter; and controlling the thermal energy emitter to apply thermal energy from the thermal energy emitter to the contained volume of bone fill material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for treating bone comprising:
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filling a cement-carrying device with a volume of bone fill material; coupling the cement-carrying device carrying the volume of bone fill material therein to a housing, the housing further comprising a thermal energy emitter, wherein the housing is positioned outside of a patient'"'"'s body; applying thermal energy to the bone fill material in the cement-carrying device after coupling the cement-carrying device to the housing; and controlling the thermal energy emitter to selectively accelerate the polymerization rate of a selected volume of the bone fill material. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for treating bone comprising:
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filling an elongated cement-carrying device with a volume of bone fill material; disposing the elongated cement-carrying device carrying the volume of bone fill material therein within a housing comprising a thermal energy emitter, wherein the housing is positioned outside of a patient'"'"'s body; and controlling the application of energy from an energy source to the thermal energy emitter so that different levels of thermal energy can be transmitted from the thermal energy emitter to the bone fill material. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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