×

Expandable structures for deployment in interior body regions

DC CAFC
  • US 6,623,505 B2
  • Filed: 07/31/2001
  • Issued: 09/23/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A device for deployment into bone comprisingan outer catheter tube having a distal end, an inner catheter tube extending at least in part within the outer catheter tube and having a distal end region that extends at least in part beyond the distal end of the outer catheter tube, an inflatable structure having a proximal end secured to the outer catheter tube and a distal end secured to the inner catheter tube, the inflatable structure extending outside and beyond the outer catheter tube and at least partially enclosing the inner catheter tube, and a flow passage between the outer and inner catheter tubes communicating with the inflatable structure and adapted to convey an inflation medium into the inflatable structure to inflate the inflatable structure.

View all claims
  • 6 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×