公开(公告)号：US20070191833A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-16

申请号：US11340974

申请日：2006-01-27

申请人： Aurelien Bruneau ,  Eric Lange ,  Kent Anderson

发明人： Aurelien Bruneau ,  Eric Lange ,  Kent Anderson

IPC分类号： A61F2/30

CPC分类号： A61B17/7062 ,  A61B2090/064

摘要： A method spacing spinal elements includes installing a first spinal implant having a sensor associated therewith; selecting a second spinal implant based on measurement data provided by the sensor; and replacing the first spinal implant with the second spinal implant. The first and second implants may be installed in separate surgical procedures, or during the same surgical procedure, and the implants may be positioned between a superior spinous process and an inferior spinous process and advantageously directly engage the same. The selection of the second implant may be based on the data provided by the sensor and a material property of the second spinal implant, such as its stiffness. The measurement data may correspond to strain or force data. The sensor may be, but is not required to be, embedded in the first spinal implant. A corresponding apparatus is described.

摘要翻译： 间隔脊柱元件的方法包括安装具有与其相关联的传感器的第一脊柱植入物; 基于由传感器提供的测量数据选择第二脊柱植入物; 并用第二脊柱植入物代替第一脊柱植入物。 第一和第二植入物可以安装在分开的手术过程中，或者在相同的外科手术过程中，并且植入物可以位于上棘和下棘之间，并且有利地直接接合它们。 第二植入物的选择可以基于由传感器提供的数据和第二脊柱植入物的材料性质，例如其刚度。 测量数据可以对应于应变或力数据。 传感器可以但并不需要嵌入在第一脊柱植入物中。 描述相应的装置。