Methods for treating bone
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1. A method for treating bone comprising the steps ofproviding a tool comprising an outer catheter tube having a distal end, an inner catheter tube extending within the outer catheter tube and having a distal end region that extends beyond the distal end of the outer catheter tube, and an expandable structure having a proximal end secured to the distal end of the outer catheter tube and a distal end secured to the distal end region of the inner catheter tube, whereby the distal end region of the inner catheter tube is enclosed within the expandable structure, manipulating the tool to introduce the expandable structure into bone while in a generally collapsed geometry, and causing the expandable structure to assume an expanded geometry inside bone.
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Abstract
A method for treating bone employs a tool comprising an outer catheter tube having a distal end and an inner catheter tube extending within the outer catheter tube and having a distal end region that extends beyond the distal end of the outer catheter tube. The tool includes an expandable structure having a proximal end secured to the distal end of the outer catheter tube and a distal end secured to the distal end region of the inner catheter tube. Thus, the distal end region of the inner catheter tube is enclosed within the expandable structure. The method manipulates the tool to introduce the expandable structure into bone while in a generally collapsed geometry. The method causes the expandable structure to assume an expanded geometry inside bone.
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1. A method for treating bone comprising the steps of
providing a tool comprising an outer catheter tube having a distal end, an inner catheter tube extending within the outer catheter tube and having a distal end region that extends beyond the distal end of the outer catheter tube, and an expandable structure having a proximal end secured to the distal end of the outer catheter tube and a distal end secured to the distal end region of the inner catheter tube, whereby the distal end region of the inner catheter tube is enclosed within the expandable structure, manipulating the tool to introduce the expandable structure into bone while in a generally collapsed geometry, and causing the expandable structure to assume an expanded geometry inside bone.
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