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Article: Medtronic, Inc. Launches Innovative Cement Delivery System for KYPHON[R] Balloon Kyphoplasty.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- September 21, 2009
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KYPHON([R]) Cement Delivery System Offers Out of Fluoroscopic Field Delivery and the Ability to Halt Bone Cement Flow On Demand
MINNEAPOLIS -- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT), today announced the full U.S. launch of the KYPHON Cement Delivery System (CDS), adding an innovative bone cement delivery option to its extensive KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty product portfolio for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures (VCFs).
The KYPHON Cement Delivery System allows physicians to keep a farther distance from the radiation source during the cement delivery phase than with Medtronic's current delivery system used in the balloon kyphoplasty procedure. It allows ...