Resorbable posterior spinal fusion system
US6719795B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 25, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S606/91
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Rolled resorbable membranes and methods for their application have been discovered. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, rolled resorbable resorbable membranes are applied to the transverse processes of two or more vertebrae to facilitate fusion of the vertebrae.
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