Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatuses for minimally invasive replacement of intervertebral discs
- Patent Title (中): 用于微创更换椎间盘的方法和装置
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Application No.: US10842651Application Date: 2004-05-10
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Publication No.: US07655012B2Publication Date: 2010-02-02
- Inventor: Gene DiPoto , Alan E. Shluzas , Victor Rossin , Stephen Anderson , Daniel Baker
- Applicant: Gene DiPoto , Alan E. Shluzas , Victor Rossin , Stephen Anderson , Daniel Baker
- Applicant Address: US MN
- Assignee: Zimmer Spine, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zimmer Spine, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN
- Agency: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC.
- Main IPC: A61B17/60
- IPC: A61B17/60
Abstract:
In one embodiment, an access device is inserted through an incision in skin of a patient. The access device is expanded from a first configuration to a second configuration, the second configuration having an enlarged cross-sectional area at a distal portion of said access device such that the distal portion extends across at least a portion of the interbody space. A prosthetic spinal disc implant is then delivered through the access device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050075644A1 Methods and apparatuses for minimally invasive replacement of intervertebral discs Public/Granted day:2005-04-07
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