Bone treatment systems and methods
First Claim
1. A system for treating a vertebra, comprising:
- at least one elongated cement-carrying structure having an interior space for receiving a bone fill material;
an energy source operatively coupleable to an energy emitter configured to apply energy to the cement-carrying structure while the cement-carrying structure is outside of a patient'"'"'s body, the energy emitter configured to apply thermal energy to the bone fill material to selectively accelerate a polymerization rate of the bone fill material; and
an elongated injector, at least a portion of which is insertable into a vertebral body, the elongated injector comprising a passageway sized to removably receive at least a portion of the elongated cement-carrying structure so as to allow delivery of the bone fill material with said accelerated polymerization rate through the injector into the vertebral body, wherein the energy emitter is separate from the cement-carrying structure and the elongated injector, wherein the energy source is coupleable to a housing, the housing comprising the energy emitter and configured for releasably and mainly receiving the at least one cement-carrying structure in an elongated passage thereof.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for treating bone, such as vertebral compression fractures are disclosed. A method includes controllably applying energy to a bone cement volume outside of a patient'"'"'s body to selectively accelerate the polymerization rate of the bone fill material volume prior to introduction into a bone. The method further includes sequentially introducing a plurality of cement carrying structures with the accelerated polymerization rate bone cement volume into the bone. A system for use in the method includes at least one elongated cement-carrying structure sized to carry a bone cement volume therein and an energy source operatively coupleable to the cement-carrying structure. The energy source applies energy to the bone cement volume to selectively accelerate a polymerization rate thereof. An elongated injector insertable into the bone has a passageway that removably receives the elongated cement-carrying structure to allow delivery of the accelerated polymerization rate bone cement into the bone.
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1. A system for treating a vertebra, comprising:
- at least one elongated cement-carrying structure having an interior space for receiving a bone fill material;
an energy source operatively coupleable to an energy emitter configured to apply energy to the cement-carrying structure while the cement-carrying structure is outside of a patient'"'"'s body, the energy emitter configured to apply thermal energy to the bone fill material to selectively accelerate a polymerization rate of the bone fill material; and
an elongated injector, at least a portion of which is insertable into a vertebral body, the elongated injector comprising a passageway sized to removably receive at least a portion of the elongated cement-carrying structure so as to allow delivery of the bone fill material with said accelerated polymerization rate through the injector into the vertebral body, wherein the energy emitter is separate from the cement-carrying structure and the elongated injector, wherein the energy source is coupleable to a housing, the housing comprising the energy emitter and configured for releasably and mainly receiving the at least one cement-carrying structure in an elongated passage thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- at least one elongated cement-carrying structure having an interior space for receiving a bone fill material;
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9. A system for treating bone comprising:
- an elongated injector, at least a portion of which insertable into a bone;
at least one elongated cement-carrying structure configured to contain a volume of a mixed bone fill material, the cement carrying structure releasably coupleable to the injector; and
at least one housing member comprising an energy emitter and sized to removably and mainly receive the at least one cement-carrying structure in an elongated passage thereof, the energy emitter configured to apply thermal energy to the bone fill material outside of a patient'"'"'s body when the cement-carrying structure is coupled to the housing and prior to coupling of the cement-carrying structure to the elongated injector to thereby selectively accelerate polymerization of the mixed bone fill material, wherein the housing member is separate from the elongated injector. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- an elongated injector, at least a portion of which insertable into a bone;
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