Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Interbody fusion ring and method of using the same
- Patent Title (中): 体内融合环及其使用方法
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Application No.: US11421571Application Date: 2006-06-01
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Publication No.: US08007535B2Publication Date: 2011-08-30
- Inventor: Robert Garryl Hudgins , Melanie Chapman , Guido Casutt , Rosemary Thompson , Thomas O. Viker , Hugh D. Hestad
- Applicant: Robert Garryl Hudgins , Melanie Chapman , Guido Casutt , Rosemary Thompson , Thomas O. Viker , Hugh D. Hestad
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Zimmer Spine, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zimmer Spine, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Seager Tufte & Wickhem LLC
- Main IPC: A61F2/44
- IPC: A61F2/44

Abstract:
The present invention provides an injectable annular ring useful in treating a deteriorating spinal disc. When used, the annular ring may be collapsed or folded in order for it to be placed through a small opening in a prepared intervertebral space within the annulus using minimally invasive techniques. Deployment or unfolding the ring in the intervertebral space provides an interior cavity bordered by the ring that is in direct contact with the vertebral endplates. When an internal volume of the ring is inject or filled with a load-bearing, hardenable material, the filled ring maintains the intervertebral spacing and prevents the ring from being expelled from the interior cavity through the small annular opening.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060293749A1 INTERBODY FUSION RING AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2006-12-28
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