FACET JOINT REPLACEMENT
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:EP1677711B1

    公开(公告)日:2009-02-25

    申请号:EP04789041.3

    申请日:2004-09-22

    IPC分类号: A61F2/44

    摘要: A prosthesis for the replacement of at least a portion of the bone of a facet located on a mammalian vertebra, comprising: an articulating surface that articulates with another facet; a bone contacting surface that contacts a surface of the vertebra, the articulating surface being connected to the bone contacting surface; and a fixation element that attaches the bone contacting surface to the vertebra, the fixation element being adapted for implantation into an interior bone space of a pedicle of the vertebra; wherein the prosthesis is configured so that no portion of the prosthesis contacts the posterior arch of the vertebra.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于置换位于哺乳动物椎骨上的小面骨的至少一部分的假体,包括:与另一小面铰接的铰接表面; 接触所述椎骨的表面的骨接触表面,所述关节表面连接至所述骨接触表面; 以及将所述骨接触表面附接到所述椎骨的固定元件,所述固定元件适于植入所述椎骨的椎弓根的内部骨空间中; 其中假体被构造成使得假体的任何部分都不接触椎骨的后弓。