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US 2006/0235530 A1Published application
Artificial prosthesis
OwnerAlexis Shelokovinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an artificial prosthesis (50) that includes a first disc (56) with a first disc periphery (60), a first disc superior surface (58) and a first disc inferior surface (68) having a first mating portion (90), a second disc (54) having a second mating portion (80) that is substantially complementary to the first disc mating portion (90) and a convex surface (65), and a third disc (52) having a concave superior surface (62) that substantially complements the convex surface of the second disc (65).
Claims25
An artificial prosthesis comprising:
- a first disc comprising a first disc periphery, a first disc superior surface and a first disc inferior surface that comprises a first disc mating portion;
- a second disc comprising a second disc periphery, a second disc superior surface that comprises a second disc mating portion that is substantially complementary to the first disc mating portion and a convex inferior surface;
- and
- a third disc comprising a concave superior surface that substantially complements the convex inferior surface of the second disc.
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A method for replacing an intervertebral joint in a human comprising the steps of:
- removing a spinal disc from a human spine to provide an intervertebral space defined by a superior vertebra and an inferior vertebra;
- inserting a prosthesis comprising:
- a first disc comprising a first disc periphery, a first disc superior surface and a first disc inferior surface that comprises a first disc mating portion;
- a second disc comprising a second disc periphery, a second disc superior surface that comprises a second disc mating portion that is substantially complementary to the first disc mating portion and a convex inferior surface;
- and a third disc comprising a concave superior surface that substantially complements the convex inferior surface of the second disc, in the intervertebral space;
- and
- attaching the prosthesis to the superior and inferior vertebrae.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.