Patent ID: 9144501
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A fracture reduction device for reducing a compression fracture of a vertebral body, comprising: a base having a rectangular shape with at least one support strut extending perpendicular to the base and configured so that the base and the at least one support strut together have an inverse T-shaped cross-section, said base having a length dimension that spans opposing lateral aspects of a vertebral body when inserted within said vertebral body and an overall width dimension; an elevation platform having a bone contacting surface and an opposite interior surface and having at least one opening extending through the bone contacting surface and the interior surface of the elevation platform configured to receive therethrough the at least one support strut of the base when the base and the elevation platform are assembled together, said elevation platform having an overall width dimension that is less than the overall width dimension of the base; and a support column that is advanceable in a direction parallel to the length of the base between the base and the elevation platform and maintains the elevation platform in an elevated position above the base when positioned between the base and the elevation platform.