Implant Restraint Device and Methods
    22.
    发明申请
    Implant Restraint Device and Methods 失效
    植入物约束装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080249623A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-10-09

    申请号:US11963745

    申请日:2007-12-21

    IPC分类号: A61F2/44

    摘要: An implant retention device is provided to assist in restraining movement of a nuclear implant and to assist in preventing expulsion of the nuclear implant through an incision portal or defect in the annular wall. In general, the implant retention device blocks or obstructs at least a portion of an opening in the annular wall, thereby keeping the implant from exiting the nuclear space through the annular opening. In one form, the implant retention device comprises an expulsion prevention member positioned adjacent the nuclear implant and configured to transition between a compressed position and an expanded position. In another form, the implant retention device may comprise a mounting portion to be positioned adjacent one of the vertebral bodies, a blocking portion for at least partially obstructing the annular opening, and an end projection at a terminal end of the blocking portion to resist expulsion of the implant through the annular opening. In yet another form, the implant retention device may include an elongate blocking member having annulus connector portions extending from each side of the blocking member for engaging with an annular wall.

    摘要翻译: 提供植入物保持装置以帮助限制核植入物的运动,并且有助于防止核植入物通过切口入口或环形壁中的缺陷的排出。 通常,植入物保持装置阻挡或阻挡环形壁中的开口的至少一部分,从而保持植入物不通过环形开口离开核空间。 在一种形式中,所述植入物保持装置包括与所述核植入物相邻定位并且构造成在压缩位置和扩张位置之间转变的防止排出构件。 在另一种形式中,植入物保持装置可以包括邻近一个椎体定位的安装部分,用于至少部分地阻挡环形开口的阻挡部分,以及阻挡部分末端的端部突出部以抵抗排出 的植入物通过环形开口。 在另一种形式中,植入物保持装置可以包括细长的阻挡构件,其具有从阻挡构件的每一侧延伸的环形连接器部分,用于与环形壁接合。

    Intervertebral disc space sizing tools and methods
    24.
    发明授权
    Intervertebral disc space sizing tools and methods 有权
    椎间盘空间尺寸工具和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09216098B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-22

    申请号:US12368964

    申请日:2009-02-10

    IPC分类号: A61F2/46 A61B17/02 A61F2/44

    摘要: A method and apparatus for making a size measurement within an intervertebral space by placing an expandable and contractible device into the intervertebral space, expanding the device, measuring a size characteristic of the space, contracting the device and then removing it. The measurement may be accomplished by an external x-ray or other imaging device imaging the expanded device in situ or by mechanically operated devices. An expansion and contraction mechanism such as fluid containing bladder or mechanically shifted members expands the device which later contracts in a controlled manner to the contracted size. An apparatus and method is provided for the measuring of the intervertebral space at a controlled distraction force. The apparatus includes an expandable device for providing a measurement within the intervertebral space and facilitating the measurement of the angulations of the lordotic curve of the intervertebral space.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于通过将可扩张和收缩的装置放置在椎间空间内,使装置膨胀,测量空间尺寸特征,收缩装置,然后将其移开的方法和装置来在椎间空间内进行尺寸测量。 测量可以通过外部X射线或其它成像装置来实现,其中原位或通过机械操作的装置成像扩张装置。 膨胀和收缩机构,例如含有液体的囊或机械移动的构件,膨胀装置,其随后以受控的方式收缩到合同尺寸。 提供了一种用于在受控牵引力下测量椎间空间的装置和方法。 该装置包括用于在椎间空间内提供测量并且有助于测量椎间空间的脊索曲线的角度的可扩张装置。