METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING A PROSTHESIS TO A SPINAL SEGMENT
    3.
    发明申请
    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING A PROSTHESIS TO A SPINAL SEGMENT 审中-公开
    用于耦合到脊髓部分的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120059419A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-08

    申请号:US13037039

    申请日:2011-02-28

    IPC分类号: A61B17/70 A61B17/56 A61B17/88

    摘要: A method for coupling a prosthesis to a spinal segment in a patient includes the steps of selecting first and second reference points disposed along the spinal segment and pre-operatively measuring a target distance. The target distance extends between the first and second reference points while the patient is in a preferred posture such as the standing position. A prosthesis is coupled to the spinal segment and the prosthesis is then intra-operatively adjusted in order to set the distance between the first and second reference points based on the target distance.

    摘要翻译: 用于将假体联接到患者的脊椎节段的方法包括以下步骤:选择沿着脊椎节段设置的第一和第二参考点并且预先操作地测量目标距离。 目标距离在第一和第二参考点之间延伸,同时患者处于诸如站立位置的优选姿势。 假体联接到脊椎节段,然后在假设内进行操作性调节,以便基于目标距离来设定第一和第二参考点之间的距离。

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEPLOYING SPINOUS PROCESS CONSTRAINTS
    5.
    发明申请
    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEPLOYING SPINOUS PROCESS CONSTRAINTS 审中-公开
    用于分配旋转过程约束的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20080262549A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-10-23

    申请号:US12106049

    申请日:2008-04-18

    IPC分类号: A61B17/70 A61B19/00

    摘要: An exemplary method for constraining spinous processes to elastically limit flexion of a spinal segment comprises piercing an interspinous ligament to form a first penetration above an upper side of an upper spinous process and advancing a first end of a first tether through the first penetration. The interspinous ligament is pierced again to form a second penetration below a lower side of a lower spinous process and a second end of a second tether is advanced through the second penetration. Joining the first and second tethers together forms an extensible tether structure coupling the upper and lower spinous processes together while permitting extension therebetween. Adjusting the tether structure sets relative distance or angle between the upper and lower spinous processes to a target value.

    摘要翻译: 用于约束棘突以弹性限制脊椎节段弯曲的示例性方法包括刺穿棘突间韧带以在上棘突的上侧上方形成第一穿刺,并且使第一系绳的第一端推进穿过第一穿刺。 再次刺穿椎间韧带以在下棘突的下侧形成第二穿刺,并且第二系绳的第二端穿过第二穿刺。 将第一和第二系绳连接在一起形成将上棘和下棘共同连接在一起的可延伸系链结构,同时允许它们之间延伸。 调整系绳结构将上棘和下棘之间的相对距离或角度设置为目标值。

    Surgical tether apparatus and methods of use
    9.
    发明授权
    Surgical tether apparatus and methods of use 有权
    手术系绳装置及使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US08529606B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-10

    申请号:US12721238

    申请日:2010-03-10

    IPC分类号: A61B17/88 A61B17/70

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for controlling flexion in a spinal segment of a patient include performing a spinal fusion procedure on a pair of adjacent vertebrae in the spinal segment and implanting a constraint device into the patient. Adjusting length or tension in the constraint device allows the constraint device to provide a force a force resistant to flexion of the spinal segment undergoing fusion. The constraint device also modulates loads borne by the spinal segment undergoing fusion or tissue adjacent thereto.

    摘要翻译: 用于控制患者的脊柱段中的屈曲的方法和装置包括对脊椎段中的一对相邻椎骨执行脊柱融合程序,并将约束装置植入患者体内。 约束装置中的调节长度或张力允许约束装置提供抵抗正在融合的脊椎节段弯曲的力的力。 约束装置还调节由与其相邻的融合或组织的脊髓段承载的负载。