Cavity filling device

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10979781

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A method and apparatus for filling a cavity in a patient's body with a material are provided. The apparatus can include a flexible tube, a barrel and a plunger. The flexible tube has a first end, a second end, and a lumen extending from the first end to the second end and operable to hold a material for conveyance through the first end into a cavity. The barrel is in fluid communication with the second end of the flexible tube and includes a lumen configured to receive material for delivery into the flexible tube. The plunger is configured to advance material through the lumen in the barrel and into the flexible tube. In one implememtation, there is substantially a one to one ratio of advancement of the plunger to a volume of material advanced from the rigid first end of the flexible tube.

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KYPHON SARLPIERRE-A-BOT 97 NEUCHATEL 2000

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boucher, Ryan P San Francisco, CA 76 8878
Cantu, Alberto Ruiz San Francisco, CA 11 2606
Layne, Richard W Sunnyvale, CA 49 6549
Malandain, Hugues F Mountain View, CA 68 7810
Markworth, Aaron D Saddle Brook, NJ 19 2283
Reiley, Mark A Piedmont, CA 314 39322
Reo, Michael L Redwood City, CA 122 15051
Scribner, Robert M Niwot, CO 120 20136

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