EP1906886A4 - Multi-composite disc prosthesis - Google Patents

Multi-composite disc prosthesis

Info

Publication number: EP1906886A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: disc prosthesis; composite disc; composite; prosthesis; disc
Prior art date: 2005-07-19
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP06774673A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP1906886A2 (en

Inventor

Eric E Palm

Jeffrey C Felt

Jenny Jeroni

Albert Shafer

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Vertebral Technologies Inc

Original Assignee

Vertebral Technologies Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2005-07-19

Filing date

2006-07-19

Publication date

2012-05-02

2006-03-09 Priority claimed from US11/372,357 external-priority patent/US7267690B2/en

2006-07-19 Application filed by Vertebral Technologies Inc filed Critical Vertebral Technologies Inc

2008-04-09 Publication of EP1906886A2 publication Critical patent/EP1906886A2/en

2012-05-02 Publication of EP1906886A4 publication Critical patent/EP1906886A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
- A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
- A61F2/30—Joints
- A61F2/44—Joints for the spine, e.g. vertebrae, spinal discs
- A61F2/442—Intervertebral or spinal discs, e.g. resilient
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
- A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
- A61F2/30—Joints
- A61F2002/30001—Additional features of subject-matter classified in A61F2/28, A61F2/30 and subgroups thereof
- A61F2002/30003—Material related properties of the prosthesis or of a coating on the prosthesis
- A61F2002/30004—Material related properties of the prosthesis or of a coating on the prosthesis the prosthesis being made from materials having different values of a given property at different locations within the same prosthesis
- A61F2002/30014—Material related properties of the prosthesis or of a coating on the prosthesis the prosthesis being made from materials having different values of a given property at different locations within the same prosthesis differing in elasticity, stiffness or compressibility
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
- A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
- A61F2/30—Joints
- A61F2002/30001—Additional features of subject-matter classified in A61F2/28, A61F2/30 and subgroups thereof
- A61F2002/30003—Material related properties of the prosthesis or of a coating on the prosthesis
- A61F2002/30004—Material related properties of the prosthesis or of a coating on the prosthesis the prosthesis being made from materials having different values of a given property at different locations within the same prosthesis
- A61F2002/30016—Material related properties of the prosthesis or of a coating on the prosthesis the prosthesis being made from materials having different values of a given property at different locations within the same prosthesis differing in hardness, e.g. Vickers, Shore, Brinell
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
- A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
- A61F2/30—Joints
- A61F2002/30001—Additional features of subject-matter classified in A61F2/28, A61F2/30 and subgroups thereof
- A61F2002/30316—The prosthesis having different structural features at different locations within the same prosthesis; Connections between prosthetic parts; Special structural features of bone or joint prostheses not otherwise provided for
- A61F2002/30329—Connections or couplings between prosthetic parts, e.g. between modular parts; Connecting elements
- A61F2002/30383—Connections or couplings between prosthetic parts, e.g. between modular parts; Connecting elements made by laterally inserting a protrusion, e.g. a rib into a complementarily-shaped groove
- A61F2002/30387—Dovetail connection
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
- A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
- A61F2/30—Joints
- A61F2002/30001—Additional features of subject-matter classified in A61F2/28, A61F2/30 and subgroups thereof
- A61F2002/30316—The prosthesis having different structural features at different locations within the same prosthesis; Connections between prosthetic parts; Special structural features of bone or joint prostheses not otherwise provided for
- A61F2002/30535—Special structural features of bone or joint prostheses not otherwise provided for
- A61F2002/30604—Special structural features of bone or joint prostheses not otherwise provided for modular

EP06774673A 2005-07-19 2006-07-19 Multi-composite disc prosthesis Withdrawn EP1906886A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US70045905P	2005-07-19	2005-07-19
US11/372,357 US7267690B2 (en)	2005-03-09	2006-03-09	Interlocked modular disc nucleus prosthesis
US11/372,477 US7591853B2 (en)	2005-03-09	2006-03-09	Rail-based modular disc nucleus prosthesis
PCT/US2006/028020 WO2007012003A2 (en)	2005-03-09	2006-07-19	Multi-composite disc prosthesis

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1906886A2 EP1906886A2 (en)	2008-04-09
EP1906886A4 true EP1906886A4 (en)	2012-05-02

Family

ID=39989762

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP06774673A Withdrawn EP1906886A4 (en)	2005-07-19	2006-07-19	Multi-composite disc prosthesis

Country Status (2)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP1906886A4 (en)
CN (1)	CN101267783A (en)

Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US6517580B1 (en) *	2000-03-03	2003-02-11	Scient'x Societe A Responsabilite Limited	Disk prosthesis for cervical vertebrae
US20030220649A1 (en) *	1994-05-06	2003-11-27	Qi-Bin Bao	Intervertebral disc prosthesis
US20040249459A1 (en) *	2003-06-02	2004-12-09	Ferree Bret A.	Nucleus replacements with asymmetrical stiffness
US20050065613A1 (en) *	2003-09-24	2005-03-24	Gross Jeffrey M.	Reinforced fusion implant
US20050154463A1 (en) *	2000-08-30	2005-07-14	Trieu Hal H.	Spinal nucleus replacement implants and methods
WO2006127849A2 (en) *	2005-05-24	2006-11-30	Vertebral Technologies, Inc.	Rail-based modular disc nucleus prosthesis

2006
- 2006-07-19 CN CNA2006800342619A patent/CN101267783A/en active Pending
- 2006-07-19 EP EP06774673A patent/EP1906886A4/en not_active Withdrawn

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US20030220649A1 (en) *	1994-05-06	2003-11-27	Qi-Bin Bao	Intervertebral disc prosthesis
US6517580B1 (en) *	2000-03-03	2003-02-11	Scient'x Societe A Responsabilite Limited	Disk prosthesis for cervical vertebrae
US20050154463A1 (en) *	2000-08-30	2005-07-14	Trieu Hal H.	Spinal nucleus replacement implants and methods
US20040249459A1 (en) *	2003-06-02	2004-12-09	Ferree Bret A.	Nucleus replacements with asymmetrical stiffness
US20050065613A1 (en) *	2003-09-24	2005-03-24	Gross Jeffrey M.	Reinforced fusion implant
WO2006127849A2 (en) *	2005-05-24	2006-11-30	Vertebral Technologies, Inc.	Rail-based modular disc nucleus prosthesis

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
CN101267783A (en)	2008-09-17
EP1906886A2 (en)	2008-04-09

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2008-03-07	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2008-04-09	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20080128
2008-04-09	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A2 Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
2009-10-28	RIN1	Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)	Inventor name: FELT, JEFFREY, C.VERTEBRAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Inventor name: SHAFER, ALBERTVERTEBRAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Inventor name: PALM, ERIC, E.VERTEBRAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Inventor name: JERONI, JENNYVERTEBRAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
2012-05-02	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20120330
2012-05-02	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Ipc: A61F 2/44 20060101AFI20120326BHEP
2012-07-25	DAX	Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
2013-03-29	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2013-05-01	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20121030

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