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- Patent Title: Mechanical apparatus and method for delivering materials into the inter-vertebral body space for nucleus replacement
- Patent Title (中): 用于将物质输送到椎间体空间进行核替换的机械装置和方法
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Application No.: US12316789Application Date: 2008-12-16
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Publication No.: US07988735B2Publication Date: 2011-08-02
- Inventor: Matthew Yurek , Jerome Segal , Kabir Gambhir , Kurt Vedder , Robert Huffman
- Applicant: Matthew Yurek , Jerome Segal , Kabir Gambhir , Kurt Vedder , Robert Huffman
- Agent Michael Klicpera
- Main IPC: A61F2/44
- IPC: A61F2/44

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device and method to perform 1) disk fusing, 2) an artificial replacement of the nucleus, 3) artificial replacement of the annulus, or 4), an artificial replacement of both the nucleus and annulus. The device is designed to be placed into the inter-vertebral space following discectomy. The invention includes a delivery catheter and an expandable continuous mesh that has a torus configuration with a lumen within the mesh and a center hole. The mesh can be diametrically expanded in diameter into the disc space whereby various materials can be injected into the lumen and/or the center hole.
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