METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILLING A CAVITY

摘要

An implant (10) for filling and/or distracting a body region, particularly a non-soft tissue cavity, has a plurality of segments flexibly connected. The segments have a crush-strength sufficient to create and/or maintain the distraction of two or more non-soft tissue body surfaces and to maintain the stability of the body region. The implant may be inserted into a cavity (602) by an applicator (502) having a cannula with a distal opening (508), and a rotary driver for applying force to move the implant within the cannula.