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Bone tamp and methods of use

  • US 8,728,081 B2
  • Filed: 04/29/2011
  • Issued: 05/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • an inflatable bone tamp including a plurality of linearly aligned expandable bodies;

    an elongated tubular shaft extending through the plurality of linearly aligned expandable bodies, the elongated tubular shaft including a shaft wall that defines a lumen and an interior partition structure forming a plurality of channels within the lumen, the plurality of channels extending through the shaft, each of the channels formed by a segment of the shaft wall and the interior partition structure and each of the channels in communication with the respective one of the plurality of expandable bodies via openings in the shaft; and

    a sleeve including an inflation port, the sleeve being rotatably coupled to the shaft such that the inflation port is switchable between positions in which the inflation port is in communication with a different one of the channels such that each of the expandable bodies is independently inflatable via the inflation port.

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