Spinal grooved director with built in balloon

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6706069
APP PUB NO 20030050702A1
SERIAL NO

09950581

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The present invention is directed toward a grooved director with a built in balloon which is inflated by a pump to a predetermined pressure to expand the walls of a collapsed vertebra. The device is inserted into the body of the compressed vertebra and the grooved director is positioned and aimed in a direction under the compressed superior end plate of the vertebral body. The balloon inside of the grooved director is inflated and the force and direction of balloon inflation restores the height of the fractured vertebrae. The balloon is deflated and the grooved director is circumferentially rotated while intermittently inflating and deflating the balloon to creates a symmetrical space within the center of the vertebral body. The balloon is deflated and the grooved director device with balloon is removed leaving a rebuilt vertebra which may be filled with a biocompatible material.

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MEDTRONIC SPINE LLC1221 CROSSMAN AVENUE SUNNYVALE CA 94089

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Berger, J Lee 895 Mohawk Rd., Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 20 2039

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