Patent ID: 8372115

Claim:
A system, comprising: a delivery cannula having a hollow lumen and percutaneously insertable into an interior of a bone; an elongate member insertable through the lumen of the delivery cannula; an implantable bone support device comprising a frame having an outer ring and a series of cross members' each cross member includes a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of each cross member is in contact with one point on the outer ring and the second end of each cross member is in contact with another opposite point on the outer ring such that the cross members extend continuously across the outer ring, wherein one side of the cross members is configured to form an outer surface, an opposite side of the cross members is configured to form an inner surface, the outer surface forming a dome-shaped first bone contact portion, and the outer ring forming a flat second bone contact portion, the device releasably attachable to a distal end of the elongate member in an undeployed configuration; a deployment mechanism insertable through the lumen of the delivery cannula and actuatable to deploy the bone support device into a deployed configuration in the interior of the bone; and a release mechanism adapted to release the bone support device from the elongate member.