Patent · US Active

Posterior articular disc and method for implantation

US7967862B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by

15References

21Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.

Inventors

Randall N. Allard · Germantown, US
Alex Kunzler · Issaquah, US
Anthony Finazzo · Lake Forest Park, US
Vincent Bryan · Quincy, US
Carlos Eduardo Gil · Memphis, US
Robert Conta · Mercer Island, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 28, 2006
Grant date	Jun 28, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 27, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2310/00796
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for implanting an articulating intervertebral disc prosthesis into an intervertebral disc space comprises surgically accessing the intervertebral disc space through an opening on a first lateral side of the intervertebral disc space and inserting a first half of the articulating intervertebral disc prosthesis through the opening and into the intervertebral disc space. The method further comprises inserting a second half of the articulating intervertebral disc prosthesis through the opening on the first lateral side of the intervertebral disc space and positioning the first half of the articulating intervertebral disc prosthesis on a second lateral side of the intervertebral disc space. The method also comprises positioning the second half of the articulating intervertebral disc prosthesis on the first lateral side of the intervertebral disc space.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.