Method for restoring vertebral body height
US7744637B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 5, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S606/914
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for distracting, in a given direction, and supporting the opposite endplates of a vertebral body includes consecutively inserting a plurality of wafers between the endplates to create a column of wafers. The column of wafers is oriented between the endplates so as to expand in the given direction as the wafers are consecutively added to the column to restore the vertebral body height.
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