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Bone treatment systems and methods

  • US 9,005,210 B2
  • Filed: 01/04/2013
  • Issued: 04/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for delivering a bone cement into a bone, comprising:

  • a bone cement injector having an internal flow channel extending therethrough to at least one outlet in a distal end of the injector, wherein an interior surface of the internal flow channel comprises a polymeric layer;

    a thermal energy emitter coupleable to an electrical source and configured to deliver energy to the bone cement as it flows through the internal flow channel of the bone cement injector, wherein the interior surface is insulative from the thermal energy emitter; and

    a sensor configured to provide a measurement of a parameter of the bone cement as it flows through the internal flow channel.

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