Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-26
2006-09-26
Philogene, Pedro (Department: 3733)
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
C606S093000, C606S094000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07112205
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for delivering bone cement into a vertebra includes a cannula and a syringe pivotally coupled to the cannula. Preferably, the syringe is pivotally coupled to the cannula by a pivot fitting that may be detachable from one or both of the cannula and the syringe. The syringe includes a piston slidable in a barrel for advancing the bone cement through an outlet communicating with the cannula. A shaft and cable arrangement or a fluid-driven system may be used to advance the piston within the syringe. The cannula is inserted into a vertebra, and is connected to the syringe. The syringe is pivoted to a desired position, and bone cement is delivered from the syringe through the cannula and into the vertebra.
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Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.
Philogene Pedro
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