Patent ID: 7963967
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A hand-actuated, bone preparation tool and bone access system for use in a percutaneous, extrapedicular approach to accessing the interior of a bone for the purpose of preparing a bone for treatment wherein the bone access system comprises: a cannula having a proximal base and a substantially round, tube-like, curved shaft with an interior lumen, a rigid, cannula introducer having a solid, elongated cylinder, wherein the introducer further comprises a top portion, and the bone preparation tool comprises: an ergonomic handle assembly, a flexible rod having a substantially cylindrical configuration with a curve complementary to the curved shaft of the cannula, the ergonomic handle assembly abutting the proximal end of the flexible rod; and the flexible rod terminating distally in a bone preparation tip, wherein the bone preparing tip further comprises: