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Intervertebral stabilization device incorporating dampers

US5540688A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 8, 1994
Grant dateJul 30, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 8, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S606/908
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An intervertebral stabilization device is disclosed, made in the form of a damper adapted to resist elastically, on the one hand, an elongation and, on the other hand, an axial compression without buckling, as well as of at least two implants anchored on two adjacent vertebrae.

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