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BONE TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS

  • US 20080249530A1
  • Filed: 04/03/2008
  • Published: 10/09/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for delivering bone fill material into a bone, comprisingan injector body comprising a handle portion and an elongated cannula attached to the handle portion, at least a portion of the cannula percutaneously insertable into a bone;

  • a flow control mechanism disposed in the injector body and configured to generate a flow rate signal of bone fill material flowing through the injector body;

    a thermal energy emitter disposed in the injector body and configured to apply energy to the bone fill material flowing through the injector body; and

    a controller configured to receive the flow rate signal from the flow control mechanism and configured to modulate at least one of the flow rate of bone fill material through the injector body and the energy applied by the thermal energy emitter to the bone fill material based at least in part on the flow rate signal.

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