Patent ID: 8430887

Claim:
A system for treating a vertebra, comprising: at least one elongated cement-carrying structure having an interior space for receiving a bone fill material; an energy source operatively coupleable to an energy emitter configured to apply energy to the cement-carrying structure while the cement-carrying structure is outside of a patient's body, the energy emitter configured to apply thermal energy to the bone fill material to selectively accelerate a polymerization rate of the bone fill material; and an elongated injector, at least a portion of which is insertable into a vertebral body, the elongated injector comprising a passageway sized to removably receive at least a portion of the elongated cement-carrying structure so as to allow delivery of the bone fill material with said accelerated polymerization rate through the injector into the vertebral body, wherein the energy emitter is separate from the cement-carrying structure and the elongated injector, wherein the energy source is coupleable to a housing, the housing comprising the energy emitter and configured for releasably and mainly receiving the at least one cement-carrying structure in an elongated passage thereof.