Expandable structures for deployment in interior body regions
First Claim
1. A system for treating bone comprising a first tool establishing a percutaneous access path to a bone structure having cortical bone enclosing a cancellous bone volume, a second tool comprising a structure sized and configured to be inserted into the bone structure through the percutaneous access path, a mechanism coupled to the structure operable (i) to move the structure to a wrapped condition prior to passage and withdrawal of the structure through the percutaneous access path, and (ii) to expand the structure to an expanded condition to form a cavity in the cancellous bone volume, and a third tool to convey a filler material into the cavity.
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Abstract
An expandable structure carried at the end of a catheter tube assembly can be contracted and/or wrapped to present a reduced profile during deployment and/or removal from a targeted tissue site.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for treating bone comprising
a first tool establishing a percutaneous access path to a bone structure having cortical bone enclosing a cancellous bone volume, a second tool comprising a structure sized and configured to be inserted into the bone structure through the percutaneous access path, a mechanism coupled to the structure operable (i) to move the structure to a wrapped condition prior to passage and withdrawal of the structure through the percutaneous access path, and (ii) to expand the structure to an expanded condition to form a cavity in the cancellous bone volume, and a third tool to convey a filler material into the cavity.
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6. A system for treating bone comprising
a first tool establishing a percutaneous access path to a bone structure having cortical bone enclosing a cancellous bone volume, a second tool comprising a structure sized and configured to be inserted into the bone structure through the percutaneous access path, a mechanism coupled to the structure operable (i) to move the structure to a wrapped condition prior to passage and withdrawal of the structure through the percutaneous access path, and (ii) to expand the structure to an expanded condition within the cancellous bone volume to move fractured cortical bone, and a third tool to convey a filler material into the cancellous bone volume.
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12. A method for treating bone comprising
establishing a percutaneous access path to a bone structure having cortical bone enclosing a cancellous bone volume, deploying a structure into the cancellous bone volume through the percutaneous access path, moving the structure to a wrapped condition prior to deploying through the percutaneous access path, expanding the structure to an expanded condition to form a cavity in the cancellous bone volume, and conveying a filler material into the cavity.
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18. A method for treating bone comprising
establishing a percutaneous access path to a bone structure having cortical bone enclosing a cancellous bone volume, deploying a structure into the cancellous bone volume through the percutaneous access path, moving the structure to a wrapped condition prior to deploying through the percutaneous access path, expanding the structure to an expanded condition to move fractured cortical bone, and conveying a filler material into the cancellous bone volume.
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