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US007959638B2 (10) Patent No.: US 7,959,638 B2
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Osorio et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jun. 14, 2011 (54) METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TREATING (52) U.S. Cl. ......................... .. 606/94; 606/279; 606/105 BONE AFTER HIGH VELOCITY AND/OR (58) Field of Classification Search ............ .. 606/92-94, TRAUMA FRACTURE 606/96_99, 246, 279, 105; 623/17.11_16 (75) I R Id A 0 D 1 C_ CA See application file for complete search history. nventors: eyna o . sorio, a y ity, (US); Marialulu Follmer, Santa Clara, (56) References Cited CA (U S); Richard W. Layne, San Francisco, CA (US); Ryan P- Bonohor, U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS San Francisco, CA (US); Karen D. T=»1n=»dge> Pan Ann CA (US); Joseph §’S5?’i§‘Z 2‘ 15/1318 31222161 al. J- Basista, Mountain View, CA (US) 430833369 A 4/1978 Sinrireich 4,205,683 A 6/1980 O’Neill (73) Assignee: Kyphon SARL, Neuchatel (CH) 4,313,434 A 2/1982 Segal _ _ _ _ _ (Continued) ( * ) Notice: Subject. to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 FQREIGN PATENT DQCUMENTS U.S.C. 154(b) by 1552 days. JP 8038618 2/1996 (21) Appl. No.: 10/397,049 (Continued) (22) Filed: Mar. 25, 2003 OTHER PUBLICATIONS <65) PriorPnb1i¢=»tion1>=»t=1 §Z‘li§;e1§;1$tfigpiififiiniiailiiilEKHIEZTBI-?11§,§a1§§§1§§1§§ Us 2003/0233096 A1 Dee 18, 2003 Related Research, vol. 188, pp. 183-186 (Sep. 1984). US 2008/0319444 A9 Dec. 25, 2008 (Continued) Related U's' Application Data Primary Examiner — Eduardo C Robert (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/827,260, Aygiglgnl Exgminerj Andrew Yang filed OnAPT~ 5, 2001,110W P31 N0- 6,726,691, Which is (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Haynes and Boone, LLP a continuation-in-part of application No. 09/754,451, filed on Jan. 4, 2001,now Pat. No. 6,899,719,whichis (57) ABSTRACT a continuation of application No. 08/871,114, filed on . . . Jun‘ 9’ 1997’ HOW Pat‘ NO. 6,248,110. expandable body is inserted into an area of cancellous within a vertebral body through a percutaneous access path. A (60) Provisional application No. 60/194,685, filed on Apr. bone filler is conveyed into the expandable body to expand the 5, 2000. expandable body and displace cancellous bone and create a cavity occupied at least in part by the expandable body and the (51) 1111- CL bone filler. The expandable body and the bone filler are left A613 17/58 (2006-01) within the cavity to strengthen the vertebral body. A61B 17/60 (2006.01) A61F 2/00 (2006.01) 2 Claims, 22 Drawing Sheets
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