Patent ID: 7967865

Claim:
An intravertebral system for treating a vertebral body, comprising: an elongated guide member having a distal end portion of a material that allows the distal end portion of the guide member to change between an insertion configuration for insertion into a vertebral body and an inserted configuration within the vertebral body, which inserted configuration comprises a plurality of generally horizontally-disposed windings; an elongated intravertebral implant independently movable longitudinally relative to the distal end portion of the guide member for advancement therealong while the guide member is stationary, the implant being constrained by the guide member to conform to the configuration of the distal end portion of the guide member so that as the implant is advanced along the distal end portion of the guide member the implant conforms to the configuration of the guide member to form an inserted structure comprising a plurality of generally horizontally-disposed windings within the vertebral body, said structure defining an interior resident volume within the windings adapted to receive flowable material and the structure being configured to limit the movement of flowable material from the resident volume.