Kyphon Inc. (Encyclopedia)
“kyphoplasty is today a minimally invasive procedure used to treat vertebral compression fractures by inflating a balloon to restore bone height then injecting bone cement into the vertebral body”.
In the past, balloon kyphoplasty was the name of a new procedure created and marketed by a company called Kyphon Inc. founded in 1994. This start-up (at that time) was focused on this new minimally invasive treatment of spinal fractures that they called balloon kyphoplasty, the name drawn from the Greek word kyphos, or “bent.”It was essentially an improve...
The Orthopedics Industry 
