Interbody vertebral prosthetic and orthopedic fusion device with self-deploying anchors
US9757252B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 27, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2310/00179
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method includes: making a first incision in a patient defining a first lateral direction to a first lateral side of the patient's spine; inserting an intervertebral prosthesis through the first incision and into an intervertebral space of the spine in the first lateral direction; locating the intervertebral prosthesis between an endplate of a first vertebral bone of a spine, and an endplate of an adjacent, second vertebral bone of the spine; closing the first incision; making a second incision in the patient defining a second lateral direction to a second lateral side of the patient's spine, opposite to the first direction and the first lateral side; reversing the locating of the intervertebral prosthesis from the endplate of the first vertebral bone of the spine, and from the endplate of the adjacent, second vertebral bone of the spine; removing the intervertebral prosthesis from the intervertebral space of the spine from the second lateral direction and out through the second incision; and closing the second incision.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.