Marc J. Philippon,David L. Bombard,John Michael Egan
申请号：
US14948537
公开号：
US09931214B2
申请日:
2015.11.23
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
A method of reinforcing a femoral neck comprises creating a bore proximate to at least one of a Ward's triangle and a greater trochanter, creating at least one cavity in a cancellous bone region of the femoral neck, inserting a substantially collapsed support structure through the bore and into the at least one cavity, expanding the support structure, and allowing at least a portion of the load from the femoral neck bone to be transferred to the support structure. The support structure compresses at least a portion of the cancellous bone upon expansion. A cavity created by the expansion is adapted to receive a filler material such as, but not limited to, bone cement.
