EP2276428A4 - Device and method for implantation that restores physiologic range of motion by establishing an adjustable constrained motion of the spine without intrusion of associated facet joints - Google Patents

Device and method for implantation that restores physiologic range of motion by establishing an adjustable constrained motion of the spine without intrusion of associated facet joints

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EP2276428A4
EP2276428A4 EP09755383A EP09755383A EP2276428A4 EP 2276428 A4 EP2276428 A4 EP 2276428A4 EP 09755383 A EP09755383 A EP 09755383A EP 09755383 A EP09755383 A EP 09755383A EP 2276428 A4 EP2276428 A4 EP 2276428A4
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Prior art keywords
motion
spine
restores
intrusion
implantation
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EP2276428A1 (en
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Frank H Boehm Jr
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Veritas LLC
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Veritas LLC
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/56—Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints; Devices specially adapted therefor
    • A61B17/58—Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints; Devices specially adapted therefor for osteosynthesis, e.g. bone plates, screws, setting implements or the like
    • A61B17/68—Internal fixation devices, including fasteners and spinal fixators, even if a part thereof projects from the skin
    • A61B17/70—Spinal positioners or stabilisers ; Bone stabilisers comprising fluid filler in an implant
    • A61B17/7001—Screws or hooks combined with longitudinal elements which do not contact vertebrae
    • A61B17/7002—Longitudinal elements, e.g. rods
    • A61B17/7019—Longitudinal elements having flexible parts, or parts connected together, such that after implantation the elements can move relative to each other
    • A61B17/7023—Longitudinal elements having flexible parts, or parts connected together, such that after implantation the elements can move relative to each other with a pivot joint
    • 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
    • A61F2/4405—Joints for the spine, e.g. vertebrae, spinal discs for apophyseal or facet joints, i.e. between adjacent spinous or transverse processes
EP09755383A 2008-03-31 2009-03-30 Device and method for implantation that restores physiologic range of motion by establishing an adjustable constrained motion of the spine without intrusion of associated facet joints Withdrawn EP2276428A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US6484908P 2008-03-31 2008-03-31
PCT/US2009/038829 WO2009146020A1 (en) 2008-03-31 2009-03-30 Device and method for implantation that restores physiologic range of motion by establishing an adjustable constrained motion of the spine without intrusion of associated facet joints

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EP2276428A1 EP2276428A1 (en) 2011-01-26
EP2276428A4 true EP2276428A4 (en) 2013-04-03

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Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20030055427A1 (en) * 1999-12-01 2003-03-20 Henry Graf Intervertebral stabilising device
US20070225712A1 (en) * 2004-10-20 2007-09-27 Moti Altarac Systems and methods for posterior dynamic stabilization of the spine
US20070288009A1 (en) * 2006-06-08 2007-12-13 Steven Brown Dynamic spinal stabilization device

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US5674296A (en) * 1994-11-14 1997-10-07 Spinal Dynamics Corporation Human spinal disc prosthesis
US20070073290A1 (en) * 2005-09-13 2007-03-29 Boehm Frank H Jr Insertion of artificial/prosthetic facet joints with ballotable/compressible joint space component

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20030055427A1 (en) * 1999-12-01 2003-03-20 Henry Graf Intervertebral stabilising device
US20070225712A1 (en) * 2004-10-20 2007-09-27 Moti Altarac Systems and methods for posterior dynamic stabilization of the spine
US20070288009A1 (en) * 2006-06-08 2007-12-13 Steven Brown Dynamic spinal stabilization device

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
See also references of WO2009146020A1 *

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