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Bone treatment systems and methods

  • US 8,932,300 B2
  • Filed: 10/27/2011
  • Issued: 01/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of directing a flow of a bone fill material in a bone, comprising:

  • providing a knit structure comprising a plurality of spaced apart conductive filaments and a plurality of openings;

    introducing the knit structure and a volume of bone cement into a bone, wherein the plurality of openings in the knit structure at least partly direct flow of the volume of bone cement; and

    applying electrical or electromagnetic energy to the plurality of spaced apart conductive filaments, wherein the plurality of spaced apart conductive filaments function as an electrode for altering the viscosity of the volume of bone cement.

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