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IMPLANTABLE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING MICRO-ARCHITECTURE DETERIORATION OF BONE TISSUE

  • US 20090234398A1
  • Filed: 05/27/2009
  • Published: 09/17/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for treating bone by implanting a self-expanding stabilization device, the method comprising:

  • holding a self-expanding stabilization device in a collapsed delivery configuration, wherein the stabilization device comprises an elongate tubular body having a plurality of expandable struts further wherein the stabilization device is held in the collapsed configuration by a delivery device coupled to the stabilization device;

    inserting the collapsed stabilization device into a bone;

    allowing the stabilization device to self-expand into an expanded deployed configuration so that the struts cut through the bone as they expand;

    removing the delivery device from the stabilization device; and

    securing the stabilization device within the bone by applying material in and around the stabilization device.

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