Compliant device and method for cutting an intervertebral disc
US8562610B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 13, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B17/1642
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Devices for cutting an intervertebral disc that may include an elongated shape with a distal end and a proximal end and being sized for insertion into an intervertebral space. The devices may include a number of articulating segments that are movably connected together to be shaped in a variety of angular orientations to conform to the shape of the intervertebral disc. The segments may include one or more exposed cutting surfaces that cut the disc as the device is moved through the intervertebral space.
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