Patent ID: 7691105
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: A61B,A61L

Abstract:
1. A device for treating a fractured vertebral body, comprising: a) a trocar having a longitudinal throughbore, a proximal end and a distal end, b) a plurality of flexible reinforcement rods having a proximal end portion, an intermediate portion, and a distal end portion, and c) means for detaching the distal end portion of each flexible reinforcement rod from a remainder of the rod, wherein the proximal end portion of each flexible reinforcement rod extends from the proximal end of the trocar, the intermediate portion of each flexible reinforcement rod is disposed within the longitudinal throughbore, and the distal end portion of each flexible reinforcement rod extends from the distal end of the trocar, wherein at least one flexible reinforcement rod is made of a shape memory material, and wherein the means for detaching comprises a collet formed around the intermediate portion of each flexible reinforcement rod, and wherein the proximal end portions of the flexible reinforcement rods are held together in the collet.