Patent ID: 7993404
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of supporting one or more vertebral members of a patient, the method comprising the steps of: rupturing a divider within an interior space of a shell; mixing and thereby activating a material within the interior space of the shell, the material including a first component that was previously contained within the interior space of the shell and isolated on a first side of the divider with a second component that was previously contained within the interior space of the shell and isolated on a second side of the divider, wherein mixing the material causes the material to start transforming from a non-load bearing state to a load bearing state; deforming the shell while the material is transforming, the deformation reducing the shell from a first configuration with an enlarged cross-sectional width to a second configuration with a reduced cross-sectional width; and inserting the shell and the material into the patient while in the second configuration while the material is transforming.