Posterior dynamic stabilization cross connectors

US7951169B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DePuy Spine, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert Labrom · Brisbane, AU
• Amie Borgstrom · San Francisco, US
• William Dunbar · Norton, US
• SeungKyu Daniel Kwak · Grafton, US
• John Riley Hawkins · Raynham, US
• Missoum Moumene · Newton, US
• Ian Burgess · Barrington, US
• Lutz Biedermann · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
• Wilfried Matthis · Kenzingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 10, 2005
• Grant date: May 31, 2011
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S606/91
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Various methods and devices are provided for stabilizing the posterior elements of the spine, and more preferably methods and devices are provided for sharing the load with the intervertebral disc, the facet joints, the ligaments, and the muscles of the spinal column. In certain exemplary embodiments, methods and devices are provided for substantially controlling or providing resistance to movement, e.g., flexion, extension, lateral bending, and/or axial rotation, of the adjacent vertebrae.