Bone treatment systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US20060122623A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-08

    申请号:US11165652

    申请日:2005-06-24

    IPC分类号: A61F2/34

    摘要: The present invention relates in certain embodiments to medical devices for treating osteoplasty procedures such as vertebral compression fractures. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to instruments and methods for controllably restoring vertebral body height by controlling the geometry of fill material introduced into cancellous bone. An exemplary system utilizes Rf energy in combination a conductive bone fill material for polymerizing the surface of the inflow plume to control the geometry of the fill material and the application of force caused by inflows of fill material. In another embodiment, method of treating bone includes injecting a volume of fill material into a bone and selectively modifying a viscosity of a selected portion of the bone filler to control the direction of flow of the fill material within the bone. A system for treating bone using this method includes an introducer for delivering fill material into the bone and an energy source selectively coupleable to the fill material to alter the viscosity of the fill material as it flows out of the introducer.

    Bone treatment systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US20060122624A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-08

    申请号:US11196045

    申请日:2005-08-02

    IPC分类号: A61F2/34

    摘要: The present invention relates in certain embodiments to medical devices for treating osteoplasty procedures such as vertebral compression fractures. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to instruments and methods for controllably restoring vertebral body height by controlling the geometry of fill material introduced into cancellous bone. An exemplary system utilizes Rf energy in combination a conductive bone fill material for polymerizing the surface of the inflow plume to control the geometry of the fill material and the application of force caused by inflows of fill material. In another embodiment, method of treating bone includes injecting a volume of fill material into a bone and selectively modifying a viscosity of a selected portion of the bone filler to control the direction of flow of the fill material within the bone. A system for treating bone using this method includes an introducer for delivering fill material into the bone and an energy source selectively coupleable to the fill material to alter the viscosity of the fill material as it flows out of the introducer.

    Bone treatment systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US20060122622A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-08

    申请号:US11165651

    申请日:2005-06-24

    IPC分类号: A61F2/34

    摘要: The present invention relates in certain embodiments to medical devices for treating osteoplasty procedures such as vertebral compression fractures. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to instruments and methods for controllably restoring vertebral body height by controlling the geometry of fill material introduced into cancellous bone. An exemplary system utilizes Rf energy in combination a conductive bone fill material for polymerizing the surface of the inflow plume to control the geometry of the fill material and the application of force caused by inflows of fill material. In another embodiment, method of treating bone includes injecting a volume of fill material into a bone and selectively modifying a viscosity of a selected portion of the bone filler to control the direction of flow of the fill material within the bone. A system for treating bone using this method includes an introducer for delivering fill material into the bone and an energy source selectively coupleable to the fill material to alter the viscosity of the fill material as it flows out of the introducer.

    Bone treatment systems and methods
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20060122614A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-08

    申请号:US11196089

    申请日:2005-08-02

    IPC分类号: A61B17/58

    摘要: The present invention relates in certain embodiments to medical devices for treating osteoplasty procedures such as vertebral compression fractures. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to instruments and methods for controllably restoring vertebral body height by controlling the geometry of fill material introduced into cancellous bone. An exemplary system utilizes Rf energy in combination a conductive bone fill material for polymerizing the surface of the inflow plume to control the geometry of the fill material and the application of force caused by inflows of fill material. In another embodiment, method of treating bone includes injecting a volume of fill material into a bone and selectively modifying a viscosity of a selected portion of the bone filler to control the direction of flow of the fill material within the bone. A system for treating bone using this method includes an introducer for delivering fill material into the bone and an energy source selectively coupleable to the fill material to alter the viscosity of the fill material as it flows out of the introducer.

    Organ stabilizer and method
    7.
    发明授权
    Organ stabilizer and method 有权
    器官稳定剂和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06849044B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-02-01

    申请号:US10051720

    申请日:2002-01-15

    IPC分类号: A61B17/02 A61B17/28 A61B1/00

    摘要: An organ-stabilizing element is covered with a layer of textile material such as cloth to enhance slip-free engagement with an organ such as a beating heart during surgery thereon. The organ-stabilizing element is supported on a stacked structure of successive ball elements and rings that can be selectively flexible or rigid in response to tensioning of a flexible cable within a central bore of the structure.

    摘要翻译: 器官稳定元件被一层纺织材料如布覆盖,以在其手术过程中增强与诸如搏动心脏的器官的滑动接合。 器官稳定元件被支撑在连续的球形元件和环的堆叠结构上,响应于柔性电缆在结构的中心孔内的张紧而可以选择性地弹性或刚性。