Pseudo arthrosis device
AssigneeAbbott Spine
InventorReginald J. Davis
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Abstract
A pseudo arthrosis device may be placed in a disc space to provide support for adjacent vertebrae. The device may have an enclosure formed from a flexible, permeable material. A plurality of elongated members may be packed longitudinally in the enclosure. The elongated members may be compressible and/or flexible. In certain embodiments, elongated members may be solid rods and/or hollow tubes. A plurality of spaced-apart perforations may be formed in solid and hollow elongated members. The enclosure may be placed in an intervertebral space between the adjacent vertebrae such that the elongated members are disposed longitudinally between the adjacent vertebrae. The pseudo arthrosis device may include a tab designed to couple the enclosure to an adjacent vertebrae.
Claims36
A pseudo arthrosis device, comprising:
- an enclosure comprising a plurality of elongated members;
- and
- at least one tab coupled to the enclosure for attaching the pseudo arthrosis device to a vertebra.
A pseudo arthrosis device, comprising:
- an enclosure;
- and
- a plurality of elongated members packed longitudinally in the enclosure.
A method of supporting adjacent vertebrae in a spinal column, comprising:
- inserting a pseudo arthrosis device between the adjacent vertebrae such that a plurality of elongated members in an enclosure of the arthrosis device is positioned longitudinally in a disc space between the adjacent vertebrae;
- and
- attaching a tab coupled to the enclosure of the pseudo arthrosis device to an adjacent vertebra to secure the pseudo arthrosis device in the disc space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.