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Surgical procedure for expanding a vertebral canal

US9351781B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Jens Beger · Tuttlingen, DE
Ralph Linke · Steißlingen, DE
Petr Suchomel · Liberec, CZ
Susanne Klingseis · Biberach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 4, 2012
Grant date	May 31, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 7, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2002/3093
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

To provide a method with which expansion of the vertebral canal of vertebrae is possible with less stress for the patient than with the surgical methods used to date, it is proposed that herein the vertebral arch be split and an incision gap thereby be formed, and the incision gap bounded by opposed incision surfaces be expanded to a prescribed gap width and the bone substance of the resulting vertebral arch sections thereby be elastically/plastically deformed.

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