Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Artificial intervertebral joint permitting translational and rotational motion
- Patent Title (中): 人工椎间关节允许平移和旋转运动
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Application No.: US10404515Application Date: 2003-04-01
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Publication No.: US08206399B2Publication Date: 2012-06-26
- Inventor: Steven S. Gill , Colin Walker , James van Hoeck , Larry Gause
- Applicant: Steven S. Gill , Colin Walker , James van Hoeck , Larry Gause
- Applicant Address: US IN Warsaw
- Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Warsaw
- Main IPC: A61B17/70
- IPC: A61B17/70 ; A61F2/44
Abstract:
An intervertebral joint prosthesis having a ball component (22) for engagement with a first vertebra (26) and a trough component (24) for engagement with a second vertebra (27) adjacent to the first vertebra is disclosed. The trough component (24) includes a generally concave surface (50) having a substantially flat portion (52). When the ball component (22) and the trough component (24) are engaged to their respective vertebrae, the ball component (72) and the trough component (24) engage each other, permitting rotation and translation of the vertebrae with respect to each other. Both components include a flange (34,56) for engaging a vertebra. The invention also contemplates a method for and a tool for use in implanting a two-piece intervertebral joint prosthesis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030187454A1 Artificial intervertebral joint permitting translational and rotational motion Public/Granted day:2003-10-02
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