Method and apparatus for replacing a spinal disc
    1.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for replacing a spinal disc 有权
    用于替换脊椎盘的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20060149273A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-07-06

    申请号:US11294925

    申请日:2005-12-06

    IPC分类号: A61F5/00

    摘要: A method for replacing a spinal disc between first and second vertebrae of a spinal column includes determining a reference point on the spinal column. A marker is connected to a vertebra of the spinal column at the reference point. The marker is engaged with a guide assembly for guiding insertion of a surgical instrument between the first and second vertebrae to prepare the space between the first and second vertebrae for receiving an apparatus between the first and second vertebrae. The apparatus is inserted between the first and second vertebrae. The apparatus has a first end, a second opposite end, and first and second lateral sides extending between the first and second ends. An outer surface is engageable with the first vertebra of the spinal column. A rail extending from the outer surface is engageable with the first vertebra to connect the apparatus to the first vertebra. The rail extends a first distance from the outer surface adjacent the first end. The rail extends a second distance from the outer surface adjacent the second end. The second distance is greater than the first distance. A first projection extending from the outer surface is engageable with the first vertebra to connect the apparatus to the first vertebra. The first projection extends from the outer surface a first distance. A second projection extending from the outer surface is engageable with the first vertebra to connect the apparatus to the first vertebra. The second projection is located closer to the second end than the first projection. The second projection extends from the outer surface a second distance greater than the first distance. In another aspect of the apparatus, first and second rails extend from the outer surface. The first rail extends generally transverse to the first and second ends. The second rail extends generally transverse to the first rail.

    摘要翻译: 用于替换脊柱的第一和第二椎骨之间的脊椎盘的方法包括确定脊柱上的参考点。 标记物在参考点连接到脊柱的椎骨。 所述标记与引导组件接合,用于引导外科器械插入所述第一和第二椎骨之间,以准备所述第一和第二椎骨之间的空间,用于接收第一和第二椎骨之间的装置。 该装置插入在第一和第二椎骨之间。 该装置具有第一端,第二相对端以及在第一和第二端之间延伸的第一和第二横向侧。 外表面可与脊柱的第一椎骨接合。 从外表面延伸的轨道可与第一椎骨接合,以将装置连接到第一椎骨。 轨道从邻近第一端的外表面延伸出第一距离。 轨道从邻近第二端的外表面延伸第二距离。 第二距离大于第一距离。 从外表面延伸的第一突起可与第一椎骨接合,以将装置连接到第一椎骨。 第一突起从外表面延伸第一距离。 从外表面延伸的第二突起可与第一椎骨接合,以将装置连接到第一椎骨。 第二突出部比第一突起更靠近第二端。 第二突出部从外表面延伸大于第一距离的第二距离。 在装置的另一方面,第一和第二轨道从外表面延伸。 第一轨道大致横向于第一和第二端部延伸。 第二轨道大致横向于第一轨道延伸。

    Shelf-stable cookie and brownie batter-ready to bake
    5.
    发明申请
    Shelf-stable cookie and brownie batter-ready to bake 审中-公开
    保存稳定的饼干和布朗尼面糊 - 准备烘烤

    公开(公告)号:US20050037124A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-02-17

    申请号:US10731227

    申请日:2003-12-09

    摘要: A shelf stable dough or batter having a water activity no greater than about 0.85, a pH less than or equal to about 4.5 and the shelf-stable for at least three, preferably six months at ambient conditions. The shelf stability of the dough or batter is achieved without the use of special packaging, modified headspaces, and/or microbiologically effective amount of alcohols or polyols.

    摘要翻译: 水稳定性不大于约0.85,pH小于或等于约4.5的贮存稳定的面团或面糊,并且在环境条件下稳定至少三个,优选六个月。 在不使用特殊包装,改性前空间和/或微生物有效量的醇或多元醇的情况下实现面团或面糊的保存稳定性。

    Modular disc prosthesis
    6.
    发明授权
    Modular disc prosthesis 有权
    模块式假体

    公开(公告)号:US06726720B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-04-27

    申请号:US10108196

    申请日:2002-03-27

    IPC分类号: A61F244

    摘要: A modular implant that is effective to replace a damaged or degenerated spinal disc is provided. The implant includes a central core member having superior and inferior surfaces, a superior endplate member having a bone-contacting surface and a mating surface effective to mate with the superior surface of the central core member, and an inferior endplate member having a bone-contacting surface and a mating surface effective to mate with the inferior surface of the central core member. The modularity of the implant allows the surgeon to select and properly fit each modular endplate member separately during the surgical procedure, thereby eliminating the need to prepare the endplates of each adjacent vertebrae, and/or the bone-contacting surfaces of the implant.

    摘要翻译: 提供了有效替代损伤或退化的脊椎盘的模块化植入物。 所述植入物包括具有上表面和下表面的中心芯构件,具有骨接触表面的上端板构件和有效地与中心芯构件的上表面配合的配合表面,以及具有骨接触的下端板构件 表面和配合表面有效地与中心芯构件的下表面配合。 植入物的模块化允许外科医生在外科手术过程中分开选择和适当地配合每个模块化的端板构件,从而消除了对每个相邻椎骨的端板和/或植入物的骨接触表面的准备的需要。