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Systems and methods treating a vertebral body related applications

  • US 20080132934A1
  • Filed: 10/25/2007
  • Published: 06/05/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/1994
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • selecting a vertebral body for treatment, the vertebral body having a cortical wall enclosing a cancellous bone volume, the vertebral body having at least one cortical plate that is depressed due to fracture,ascertaining a maximum anterior-to-posterior dimension for the vertebral body measured between anterior and posterior cortical walls,providing an expandable device including an expanded configuration and an unexpanded configuration, the expandable device having a predefined dimension when substantially expanded that is less than the maximum anterior-to-posterior dimension,introducing the expandable device into the vertebral body through a percutaneous access path while in the unexpanded condition, andexpanding the expandable device while disposed within the cancellous bone volume from the unexpanded configuration toward the expanded configuration to move the fractured cortical plate toward a desired anatomic position.

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