Expandable interspinous process implant and method of installing same
US7846185B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 28, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/0256
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An expandable interspinous process implant is disclosed and can include a body and an injection tube extending from the body. The expandable interspinous process implant can be moved from a relaxed configuration to an expanded configuration in which the body is at least partially inflated around a superior spinous process and an inferior spinous process.
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