Patent ID: 9028464
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of treating a fracture, comprising the steps of: creating an access path to a fracture site in a bone; inserting a guidewire through the access path into the fracture site; positioning a cannulated drill bit having a distal end including helical flutes configured for drilling through bone over the guidewire into the fracture site, and advancing the drill bit to create a passageway in the bone configured to receive a screw; positioning a cannulated inflatable bone tamp over the guidewire and inflating the inflatable bone tamp to compress at least a portion of the bone in the fracture site so as to create a void; delivering a bone void filler into the void through the access path by positioning the guidewire within a first lumen of a bone void filler delivery tool and translating the bone void delivery tool along the guidewire; and delivering the bone void filler through a second lumen of the bone void filler delivery tool that surrounds the first lumen such that the bone void filler moves out of the second lumen and into the void in the fracture site.