US 11,666,366 B2
Systems and methods for vertebral or other bone structure height restoration and stabilization
Evan D. Linderman, Northbrook, IL (US); and John A. Krueger, Muskego, WI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/142,301.
Application 17/142,301 is a continuation of application No. 16/004,997, filed on Jun. 11, 2018, granted, now 10,905,487.
Application 16/004,997 is a continuation of application No. 15/647,774, filed on Jul. 12, 2017, granted, now 10,022,173, issued on Jul. 17, 2018.
Application 15/647,774 is a continuation of application No. 15/348,541, filed on Nov. 10, 2016, granted, now 9,907,595, issued on Mar. 6, 2018.
Application 15/348,541 is a continuation of application No. 14/873,947, filed on Oct. 2, 2015, granted, now 9,526,551, issued on Dec. 27, 2016.
Application 14/873,947 is a continuation of application No. 14/528,384, filed on Oct. 30, 2014, granted, now 9,168,078, issued on Oct. 27, 2015.
Application 14/528,384 is a continuation of application No. 13/483,919, filed on May 30, 2012, granted, now 8,894,658, issued on Nov. 25, 2014.
Application 13/483,919 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/615,573, filed on Nov. 10, 2009, granted, now 8,226,657, issued on Jul. 24, 2012.
Application 14/528,384 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/050,017, filed on Oct. 9, 2013, granted, now 9,095,393, issued on Aug. 4, 2015.
Application 14/050,017 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/223,064, filed on Mar. 24, 2014, granted, now 9,358,059, issued on Jun. 7, 2016.
Application 14/223,064 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/483,899, filed on May 30, 2012, granted, now 8,690,884, issued on Apr. 8, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0121217 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8855 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1642 (2013.01); A61B 17/8805 (2013.01); A61B 17/8811 (2013.01); A61B 17/8819 (2013.01); A61B 17/8822 (2013.01); A61B 90/08 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2090/062 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02)] 17 Claims
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1. A system for restoring height of a vertebral body with a balloon and stabilizing the vertebral body with bone cement, said system comprising:
a handle defining a user-held end;
a handle connector coupled to said handle and configured to be removably coupled with a source of the bone cement;
a delivery tube extending from said handle along a longitudinal axis and configured to be curved within the vertebral body relative to said longitudinal axis to define a curved lumen for sequential introduction of the balloon and the bone cement to within the vertebral body at a location offset from the longitudinal axis, wherein said delivery tube is formed from a flexible polymer and a radiopaque filler configured to provide for at least a portion of said delivery tube being radiopaque under fluoroscopic visualization; and
a guide device comprising a distal portion configured to be positioned within the vertebral body and operable in a straight configuration and a curved configuration relative to said longitudinal axis, wherein said guide device is removably disposed within said delivery tube.