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Apparatus and method for using an ultrasonic medical device to reinforce bone

  • US 20060100547A1
  • Filed: 10/27/2004
  • Published: 05/11/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An ultrasonic medical device for removing a marrow within a bone comprising:

  • an introducer having an elongated shaft with a proximal end and a distal end;

    a flexible ultrasonic probe for insertion into the introducer, the flexible ultrasonic probe having a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal axis therebetween;

    an ultrasonic energy source that produces an ultrasonic energy; and

    a transducer for engaging the ultrasonic energy source and the proximal end of the flexible ultrasonic probe to transfer the ultrasonic energy from the ultrasonic energy source to the flexible ultrasonic probe, wherein the ultrasonic energy along the longitudinal axis of the flexible ultrasonic probe ablates the marrow in the bone.

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