Patent ID: 8597301
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A cannula system comprising: a cannula comprising: the handle further comprising a first entry port in fluid communication with a first lumen, the cannula shaft further having an inner wall defining a first channel, the first channel having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the first channel in fluid communication with the first lumen of the handle body, the distal end of the first channel in fluid communication with a first side distal exit port and spaced apart from the distal end of the elongate body, at least a portion of the inner wall adjacent the first side distal exit port configured to laterally deflect the first channel at the first channel's distal end with respect to the longitudinal axis of the elongate body to transition the first channel's distal end to the first side distal exit port; and a bone tamp comprising a rod having a distal end, at least a portion sufficiently flexible for the distal end of the rod to extend out of the first side distal exit port when the rod is inserted in the first entry port to a length greater than a distance between the first entry port and the first side distal exit port.