Patent ID: 9526538
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method for treating bone, comprising: creating a first cavity in the bone; creating a second cavity in the bone; introducing an inflated first balloon into the second cavity; introducing a first containment jacket into the first cavity while the first balloon remains inflated in the second cavity to prevent loss of vertebral height, wherein the first containment jacket is introduced via a tubular member having a tubular hub, wherein the first containment jacket includes a neck placed over a tip of a distal end of the tubular member, wherein a mandrel assembly is disposed within the tubular member, wherein the mandrel assembly comprises a stem and a mandrel hub, wherein the mandrel hub is proximal and extends around the tubular hub, and the stem has an enlarged portion extending through the tubular member, a narrowed portion extending through the first containment jacket, and an enlarged blunt nose positioned at a distal end of the first containment jacket; introducing filler material into the first containment jacket in the first cavity while the first balloon remains inflated in the second cavity; deflating and removing the first balloon from the second cavity; introducing a second containment jacket into the second cavity; and introducing filler material into the second containment jacket.