Spinous process stabilization devices and methods
US8226653B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 3, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B17/7068
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Devices and methods for supporting adjacent spinous processes include opposing plates movable toward one another along a cross post to contact opposite sides of each of the spinous processes, and a spacer member about the cross post contacting the adjacent surfaces of the spinous processes to resist movement of the spinous processes toward one another under spinal extension motion.
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