Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Expandable articulating intervertebral implant with limited articulation
- Patent Title (中): 可扩展铰接式椎间植入物
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Application No.: US13437604Application Date: 2012-04-02
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Publication No.: US09579124B2Publication Date: 2017-02-28
- Inventor: Charles R. Gordon , Corey T. Harbold , Heather S. Hanson
- Applicant: Charles R. Gordon , Corey T. Harbold , Heather S. Hanson
- Applicant Address: US TX Tyler
- Assignee: Flexuspine, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Flexuspine, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Tyler
- Agency: Pandiscio & Pandiscio
- Main IPC: A61F2/44
- IPC: A61F2/44 ; A61B17/70 ; A61F2/46 ; A61B17/80 ; A61B17/86 ; A61F2/30 ; A61F2/28

Abstract:
An artificial functional spinal unit including an expandable intervertebral implant that can be inserted via a posterior surgical approach and used with one or more facet replacement devices to provide an anatomically correct range of motion is described. Lordotic and non-lordotic expandable, articulating implants and cages are described, along with embodiments of facet replacement devices and instruments for insertion. Methods of insertion are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120310349A1 EXPANDABLE ARTICULATING INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT WITH LIMITED ARTICULATION Public/Granted day:2012-12-06
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