Flexible vertebral linking device
US7776071B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 17, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B17/7031
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A flexible intervertebral linking device (1) is provided. The device (1) utilizes two sets of structures. A first structure (11) is a rigid structure (110, 112, 114, 116) preferably made of biocompatible metallic materials providing the device with good mechanical resistance by integral load transmission without deformation. A second structure (12) is a flexible or damping structure (121 and 122) made of biocompatible viscoelastic materials, permitting repeated elastic deformations. The combination of the two structures providing the device with both resistance and mechanical dampening of forces to which it is subjected, with the purpose of compensating for any deficiency in the flexibility of certain anatomical links of the human body.
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