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 |
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.
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