Function:
The Vertebral Balloon Catheter is a specialized medical device designed for use in minimally invasive surgeries, particularly in procedures like kyphoplasty. It plays a crucial role in vertebral restoration and augmentation by creating channels, restoring vertebral height, and facilitating the controlled injection of bone cement into fractured vertebrae.
Features:
Good Bending Resistance and Deformation Recovery: The catheter's construction is optimized for bending resistance, allowing it to navigate through complex anatomical structures with minimal deformation. It can be maneuvered through narrow spaces to access targeted vertebrae.
Convenient Operation: The design of the Vertebral Balloon Catheter ensures ease of use for surgeons. Its intuitive features and ergonomic design contribute to precise placement and inflation during surgical procedures.
Balloon Inflation Control: The catheter includes a balloon that can be inflated with a precise volume of liquid, allowing controlled expansion within the vertebral space. This controlled expansion helps to restore vertebral height and create a void for the subsequent injection of bone cement.
Universal Specification: The catheter's universal specification makes it adaptable to a variety of surgical cases and vertebral levels, streamlining inventory management and surgical planning.
Radiopaque Markers: Radiopaque markers incorporated into the catheter aid surgeons in visualizing the catheter's position under fluoroscopy or other imaging techniques during the surgical procedure.
Advantages:
Minimally Invasive Approach: The Vertebral Balloon Catheter is an essential component of minimally invasive procedures such as kyphoplasty, which offer patients reduced surgical trauma, faster recovery, and shorter hospital stays.
Restoring Vertebral Height: By carefully expanding the balloon within the vertebral body, the catheter helps restore vertebral height, reducing spinal deformities and addressing the compression caused by vertebral fractures.
Pain Relief: The restoration of vertebral height and stabilization of the fractured vertebra can lead to significant pain relief for patients suffering from vertebral compression fractures.
Enhanced Bone Cement Delivery: After balloon inflation, the created void provides space for the controlled delivery of bone cement, which reinforces the vertebral body, further stabilizing it.
Improved Surgical Precision: The catheter's features and radiopaque markers aid surgeons in precisely placing and inflating the balloon, ensuring accurate restoration and cement delivery.
Quick Procedure: The minimally invasive nature of procedures involving the Vertebral Balloon Catheter often results in shorter operative times and faster patient recovery.
Reduced Hospitalization: Patients undergoing kyphoplasty with the use of this catheter typically experience shorter hospital stays and quicker return to their daily activities.
Restoration of Spinal Function: By stabilizing fractured vertebrae and restoring vertebral height, patients can experience improved spinal alignment and function.
Versatile Application: The universal specification of the catheter allows its use in various spinal levels and patient cases, making it a valuable tool for spine specialists.
Patient Outcomes: The Vertebral Balloon Catheter contributes to improved patient quality of life by addressing pain, deformities, and mobility issues associated with vertebral compression fractures.
