Reduction system for restoration of a vertebral body
US7905885B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 5, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S606/914
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method is provided for distracting, in a given direction, and supporting opposed endplates of a vertebral body. A plurality of wafers are consecutively inserted within the vertebral body between the two 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.
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