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Inflatable device for use in surgical protocol relating to fixation of bone

  • US 20060100635A1
  • Filed: 08/09/2005
  • Published: 05/11/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/1994
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • introducing a void creation device into a vertebral body through a percutaneous access path, the void creation device including an expandable structure having an expanded configuration and an unexpanded configuration, the expandable structure configured, upon expansion within the vertebral body, to compact only a first region of a cancellous bone volume substantially without compacting a second region of the cancellous bone volume different from the first cancellous bone volume, changing the expandable structure while disposed within the cancellous bone volume from the unexpanded configuration to the expanded configuration to compact only a first region of the cancellous bone volume substantially without compacting a second region of the cancellous bone volume different from the first cancellous bone volume, and placing a volume of filling material within the first region through the percutaneous access path.

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