Title:
内部身体領域で空洞を作製するための構造体および方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4250743
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A tubular member is sized and configured to establish an access path to bone having an interior volume occupied, at least in part, by cancellous bone. The tubular member includes a distal end portion having at least one opening. A structure is sized and configured to be carried by the tubular member and controllably advanced through the at least one opening to define a cutting surface that projects outside the distal end portion. The cutting surface has a dimension capable of cutting cancellous bone in response to rotation of the tubular member within the cancellous bone.
Inventors:
Rayleigh, Mark A.
Scorten, Ally
Scorten, Ally
Application Number:
JP2000541925A
Publication Date:
April 08, 2009
Filing Date:
April 06, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Medtronic Spine LLC
International Classes:
A61B17/16; A61B17/22; A61B17/32; A61B17/88; A61B18/00; A61B19/02; A61F2/44; A61F2/46; A61B17/00; A61B17/02; A61B18/24; A61F2/30; A61M1/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP61018885Y2 | ||||
| JP4020152Y1 | ||||
| JP4231947A | ||||
| JP10200A |
Foreign References:
| US5108404 | ||||
| WO1997031577A1 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hidesaku Yamamoto
Takaaki Yasumura
Natsuki Morishita
Takaaki Yasumura
Natsuki Morishita