Formed deployable superelastic blade and method of use

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9282988-B2
Application number	US-201313804473-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2013
Priority date	Mar 14, 2013
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

A device includes an outer member extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end. The first end includes an opening. The outer member includes an inner surface defining a first passageway that is in communication with the opening. An inner member is movably disposed in the first passageway. The inner member includes an inner surface defining a second passageway. The inner member further includes a first end including a cutting tip. The inner member is movable between a first orientation in which the cutting tip is disposed within the first passageway and the inner member has a linear configuration and a second orientation in which the cutting tip extends through the opening and the inner member has an arcuate configuration. Methods of use are provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for performing a surgical procedure on an anatomy of a patient, the device comprising:
an outer hollow member extending along a longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end defining a first opening, and the distal end defining a second opening, the outer hollow member including an Inner surface defining a first passageway between the first opening and the second opening;
an inner hollow member having a proximal end a…

Assignees

• Kyphon Sarl
• Kyphon Sarl

Inventors

• Goshayeshgar Mojan

Classifications

• A61B2218/002

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2018/00196

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2017/00331

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2218/007

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2018/1475

  Human Necessities · mapped topic