Invention Application
- Patent Title: Vertebral body replacement apparatus and method
- Patent Title (中): 椎体置换装置及方法
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Application No.: US10968586Application Date: 2004-10-19
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Publication No.: US20050154459A1Publication Date: 2005-07-14
- Inventor: Howard Wolek , Franceso Larosa , Jeffrey Kozak , Mark Lorenz , Michael Zindrick
- Applicant: Howard Wolek , Franceso Larosa , Jeffrey Kozak , Mark Lorenz , Michael Zindrick
- Main IPC: A61F
- IPC: A61F20060101 ; A61F2/00 ; A61F2/28 ; A61F2/30 ; A61F2/44
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Abstract:
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus for vertebral body replacement and methods associated therewith. In one embodiment, a vertebral body replacement apparatus may be used to correct and stabilize the spine (e.g., the thoracolumbar spine (T1-L5)). In another embodiment, a vertebral body (e.g., a diseased and/or damaged vertebral body) that has been resected or excised (e.g., for the treatment of a tumor or trauma) may be replaced (with the height of the resected or excised vertebral body being substantially replaced and restored by the apparatus of the present invention).
Public/Granted literature
- US07776093B2 Vertebral body replacement apparatus and method Public/Granted day:2010-08-17
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