Systems and methods for creating cavities in interior body regions
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1. A method comprising selecting a bone having an interior volume occupied, at least in part, by cancellous bone, deploying a tubular member into the cancellous bone, axially advancing from the tubular member a structure that projects as a cutting surface outside the tubular member, and rotating the tubular member to cut cancellous bone by rotation of the cutting surface.
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A tubular member is sized and configured to establish an access path to bone having an interior volume occupied, at least in part, by cancellous bone. The tubular member includes a distal end portion having at least one opening. A structure is sized and configured to be carried by the tubular member and controllably advanced through the at least one opening to define a cutting surface that projects outside the distal end portion. The cutting surface has a dimension capable of cutting cancellous bone in response to rotation of the tubular member within the cancellous bone.
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- 1. A method comprising selecting a bone having an interior volume occupied, at least in part, by cancellous bone, deploying a tubular member into the cancellous bone, axially advancing from the tubular member a structure that projects as a cutting surface outside the tubular member, and rotating the tubular member to cut cancellous bone by rotation of the cutting surface.
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