Abstract: A balloon, a medical device, and a medical procedure for discoplasty are disclosed. The balloon has a compressed, collapsed or folded balloon body containing a first chamber for, in use, receiving injected bone cement. With the bone cement filled and cured therein, the balloon acts as a support in tissue of an intervertebral disc while preventing the bone cement from leakage and dispersion. The deployed balloon body defines a second chamber running therethrough. The second chamber is configured to receive a material or cells that activate osteogenesis and/or osteo-induction, so that the material or cells injected into the second chamber through a second sprue form osteocytes or induce human spontaneous local cellular differentiation to in turn form osteocytes in the cavity of the intervertebral disc and connect vertebrae above and below the intervertebral disc, thereby securely anchoring the balloon within the intervertebral space.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 28, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 3, 2023
Assignee:
THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL AND YUYING CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
Inventors:
Aimin Wu, Xiangyang Wang, Yan Lin, Wenfei Ni, Zhongke Lin, Qishan Huang, Fangmin Mao, Sheng Wang