Humeral Head Fixation Device for Osteoporotic Bone
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Abstract
A device includes an elongated body configured to be coupled to a bone stabilization implant so that, when the bone stabilization implant is mounted to a target bone, the body extends away from the bone stabilization implant at an angle selected so that the elongated body passes into a target portion of bone. The body defines a lumen therein extending to an opening in a distal end of the body. The device also includes a deploying member housed within the lumen of body for movement between a first position and a second position. In addition, the device includes a plurality of wires coupled to the deploying member so that movement of the deploying member through the lumen moves the wires between an insertion position and a deployed position in which the distal ends of the wires penetrate a portion of bone adjacent to the distal end of the body.
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28 Claims
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1-17. -17. (canceled)
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18. A method for treating a bone, comprising:
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inserting a device to a desired position within a head portion of a target bone, the device including an elongated body having a lumen extending therethrough and a deploying member movably received within the lumen, the deploying member being coupled to a plurality of wires which, in an insertion configuration, are received within the lumen; and moving the deploying member relative to the lumen to drive the wires distally out of the lumen so that the wires penetrate a portion of bone adjacent to a distal end of the elongated body to anchor the device to the target bone. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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