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Device and unit for the posterior dynamic guidance of the spine and treatment system comprising such a device

US8048114B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 29, 2008
Grant dateNov 1, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B17/8004
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A guidance device including two vertebral units adapted to be fixed to the posterior side of two adjacent vertebrae of the spine and wherein the two units have substantially spherical complementary articulation surfaces which, when the units are fixed to the vertebrae, extend overall on the posterior side of the vertebrae and slide against one another about a center point located in the intervertebral space that separates the vertebrae, and wherein the device also includes a mechanical element to limit an amplitude of the relative sliding of the articulation surfaces.

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