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Porous containment device and associated method for stabilization of vertebral compression fractures

  • US 9,114,019 B2
  • Filed: 07/29/2013
  • Issued: 08/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A porous containment device for implantation in an interior volume of a targeted vertebral body, the porous containment device comprising an outer surface defining an interior cavity for receiving a bone filler material;

  • the porous containment device further including;

    a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a central portion located between the proximal and distal portions;

    wherein the porous containment device is expandable from an insertion configuration to an expanded configuration via injection of a bone filler material into the interior cavity of the porous containment device and when the device is in the expanded configuration, the proximal and distal portions are enlarged and the central portion has a smaller diameter relative to the enlarged proximal and distal portions; and

    wherein the porous containment device includes at least one pore configured to secrete the bone filler material into an area between the enlarged proximal and distal portions, the enlarged proximal and distal portions being sized and shaped such that the secreted bone filler material is semi-contained in said area.

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