Hand-held instruments that access interior body regions

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-08-23
ORTHOPHOENIX
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The common need to use different instruments in a given procedure, coupled with the need to accurately and reliably deploy each of these different instruments through both soft and hard tissue, often with an enhanced mechanical advantage,

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[0040] This Specification describes new instruments for penetrating tissue. This specification also describes systems and methods to treat bones using expandable bodies in conjunction with new instruments for penetrating tissue.

[0041] The use of expandable bodies to treat bones is generally disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,969,888 and 5,108,404, which are incorporated herein by reference. Improvements in this regard are disclosed in U.S. patent application, Ser. No. 08 / 188,224, filed Jan. 26, 1994; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08 / 485,394, filed Jun. 7, 1995; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08 / 659,678, filed Jun. 5, 1996, which are each incorporated herein by reference.

[0042] The new instruments, systems and methods will be described with regard to the treatment of vertebral bodies. It should be appreciated, however, that the handle configuration, instruments, systems and methods so described are not limited in their application to vertebrae. The systems and methods are appli...

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A first instrument having a distal end is sized and configured to penetrate tissue and a proximal end comprising a first handle assembly. A second instrument including an interior lumen is sized and configured to accept passage of the first instrument. The second instrument has a proximal end comprising a second handle assembly sized and configured to releasably interlock with the first handle assembly to form a composite instrument sized and configured to provide percutaneous access to a cancellous bone region. The second handle assembly is also sized and configured to permit controllably release by a user of the first handle assembly from the second handle assembly to allow removal of the first instrument from the interior lumen. At least one additional instrument is sized and configured for passage through the interior lumen of the second instrument upon removal of the first instrument.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a divisional of copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 431,681, filed May 8, 2003 and entitled “Hand-Held Instruments that Access Interior Body Regions,” which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 695,566, filed Oct. 24, 2000, and entitled “Hand-Held Instruments that Access Interior Body Regions” (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,575,919), which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 421,635, filed Oct. 19, 1999, and entitled “Hand-Held Instruments that Access Interior Body Regions” (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,081,122), all of which are incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention generally relates to hand-held tools and instruments and to procedures that deploy these instruments through tissue to access interior regions of the body. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] There are many different types and styles of hand-held surgical instruments that physicians use to gain acc...

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IPC IPC(8): A61B10/00A61B17/32A61B17/00A61B17/16A61B17/34A61B17/88A61B19/00
CPCA61B17/1671A61B2019/4873A61B17/3417A61B17/8816A61B17/8819A61B17/8822A61B17/885A61B17/8855A61B2017/00261A61B2017/00424A61B2017/00429A61B2017/0046A61B2017/00477A61B2019/4868A61B17/34A61B2090/0813A61B2090/0814
Inventor REILEY, MARK A.REO, MICHAEL L.SCRIBNER, ROBERT M.FERDINAND, ARTHUR E.
Owner ORTHOPHOENIX
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