Karen D Talmadge

US Patent:

6423083, Jul 23, 2002

Filed:

Apr 13, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/059796

Inventors:

Mark A. Reiley - Piedmont CA
Arie Scholten - Fremont CA
Karen Talmadge - Palo Alto CA

Assignee:

Kyphon Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

A61B 1756

US Classification:

606192, 606 61, 604 9601

Abstract:

A balloon for use in compressing cancellous bone and marrow (also known as medullary bone or trabecular bone) against the inner cortex of bones whether the bones are fractured or not. The balloon comprises an inflatable, non-expandable balloon body for insertion into said bone. The body has a shape and size to compress at least a portion of the cancellous bone to form a cavity in the cancellous bone and to restore the original position of the outer cortical bone, if fractured or collapsed. The balloon is prevented from applying excessive pressure to the outer cortical bone. The wall or walls of the balloon are such that proper inflation the balloon body is achieved to provide for optimum compression of all the bone marrow. The balloon is able to be folded so that it can be inserted quickly into a bone. The balloon can be made to have a suction catheter.

US Patent:

6607544, Aug 19, 2003

Filed:

Oct 19, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/420529

Inventors:

Ryan P Boucher - San Francisco CA
Mark A Reiley - Piedmont CA
Robert M Scribner - Los Altos CA
Karen D Talmadge - Palo Alto CA

Assignee:

Kyphon Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

A61B 1756

US Classification:

606192, 606 53, 604 9601

Abstract:

An expandable structure made from an elastomer material is preformed to a desired geometry by exposure to heat and pressure. The structure undergoes controlled expansion and further distention in cancellous bone, with controlled deformation and without failure.

US Patent:

6663647, Dec 16, 2003

Filed:

Jul 22, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/200674

Inventors:

Mark A. Reiley - Piedmont CA
Arie Scholten - Fremont CA
Karen Talmadge - Palo Alto CA

Assignee:

Kyphon Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

A61B 1756

US Classification:

606192, 606 61, 604 9601

Abstract:

A balloon for use in compressing cancellous bone and marrow (also known as medullary bone or trabecular bone) against the inner cortex of bones whether the bones are fractured or not. The balloon comprises an inflatable, non-expandable balloon body for insertion into said bone. The body has a shape and size to compress at least a portion of the cancellous bone to form a cavity in the cancellous bone and to restore the original position of the outer cortical bone, if fractured or collapsed. The balloon is prevented from applying excessive pressure to the outer cortical bone. The wall or walls of the balloon are such that proper inflation the balloon body is achieved to provide for optimum compression of all the bone marrow. The balloon is able to be folded so that it can be inserted quickly into a bone. The balloon can be made to have a suction catheter.

US Patent:

6719773, Apr 13, 2004

Filed:

Jun 19, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/595963

Inventors:

Ryan P Boucher - San Francisco CA
Mark A. Reiley - Piedmont CA
Robert M. Scribner - Los Altos CA
Karen D. Talmadge - Palo Alto CA

Assignee:

Kyphon Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

A61M 2900

US Classification:

606192, 606 86

Abstract:

An expandable structure carried at the end of a catheter tube assembly can be contracted and/or wrapped to present a reduced profile during deployment and/or removal from a targeted tissue site.

US Patent:

6726691, Apr 27, 2004

Filed:

Apr 5, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/827260

Inventors:

Reynaldo A Osorio - Daly City CA
Marialulu Follmer - Santa Clara CA
Richard W Layne - Palo Alto CA
Ryan P Boucher - San Francisco CA
Karen D Talmadge - Palo Alto CA
Joseph J Basista - Mountain View CA

Assignee:

Kyphon Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

A61B 1758

US Classification:

606 94

Abstract:

The present invention relates to devices and methods for treating fractured and/or diseased bone. More specifically, the present invention relates to devices and methods for repairing, reinforcing and/or treating fractured and/or diseased bone using various devices, including cavity-forming devices.

US Patent:

6899719, May 31, 2005

Filed:

Jan 4, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/754451

Inventors:

Mark A Reiley - Piedmont CA, US
Arie Scholten - Fremont CA, US
Karen D Talmadge - Palo Alto CA, US
Robert M Scribner - Los Altos CA, US

Assignee:

Kyphon Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

A61B017/56

US Classification:

606192, 606 61, 604 9601, 600207

Abstract:

Systems and methods treat fractured or diseased bone by deploying more than a single therapeutic tool into the bone. In one arrangement, the systems and methods deploy an expandable body in association with a bone cement nozzle into the bone, such that both occupy the bone interior at the same time. In another arrangement, the systems and methods deploy multiple expandable bodies, which occupy the bone interior volume simultaneously. Expansion of the bodies form cavity or cavities in cancellous bone in the interior bone volume.

US Patent:

6979341, Dec 27, 2005

Filed:

Apr 18, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/837350

Inventors:

Robert M Scribner - Los Altos CA, US
Karen D Talmadge - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Kyphon Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

A61M029/00

US Classification:

606192, 606 61, 623 1711, 623 2367

Abstract:

An expandable structure made from an elastomer material is preformed to a desired geometry by exposure to heat and pressure. The structure undergoes controlled expansion and further distention in cancellous bone, with controlled deformation and without stress failure.

US Patent:

6981981, Jan 3, 2006

Filed:

Dec 29, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/747547

Inventors:

Mark A. Reiley - Piedmont CA, US
Arie Scholten - Fremont CA, US
Karen Talmadge - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Kyphon Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

A61M 29/00

US Classification:

606192, 606 61, 128898

Abstract:

Systems for treating a bone, e. g. a vertebral body, having an interior volume occupied, at least in part, by cancellous bone provide a first tool, a second tool, and a third tool. The first tool establishes a percutaneous access path to bone. The second tool is sized and configured to be introduced through the percutaneous access path to form a void that occupies less than the interior volume. The third tool places within the void through the percutaneous access path a volume of filling material. Related methods for treating a bone, e. g. a vertebral body, having an interior volume occupied, at least in part, by cancellous bone provide establishing a percutaneous access path to bone. A tool is introduced through the percutaneous access path and manipulated to form a void that occupies less than the interior volume. A volume of filling material is then placed within the void through the percutaneous access path.