Materials, devices and methods for treating multiple spinal regions including the interbody region
AssigneeSDGI Holdings, Inc.
InventorHai Trieu
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Abstract
A method of treating a spinal condition includes placing disc replacement material in an intervertebral disc, thereby altering a loading characteristic of an adjacent vertebrae, and supporting the adjacent vertebrae by applying a bone filling material to either a superior or inferior vertebral body adjacent to the intervertebral disc. The disc placement material may also be configured to augment the intervertebral disc.
Claims46
A method of treating a spinal condition comprising:
- placing disc replacement material in an intervertebral disc, thereby altering a loading characteristic of an adjacent vertebrae;
- and
- supporting the adjacent vertebrae by applying a bone filling material to either a superior or inferior vertebral body adjacent to the intervertebral disc.
A method of treating a spinal condition comprising:
- placing an augmentation material in an intervertebral disc, thereby altering a characteristic of a first vertebrae;
- and
- supporting the adjacent vertebrae by replacing at least a portion of a second, adjacent vertebral with an artificial vertebral body.
A method of treating a spinal condition comprising:
- placing a disc replacement system in an intervertebral disc space between a pair of vertebrae;
- and
- supporting the disc replacement system to maintain disc height by connecting an anterior system between the pair of vertebrae.
A method of treating a spinal condition comprising:
- placing a disc replacement system in an intervertebral disc space;
- supporting the disc replacement system to maintain disc height by connecting an anterior system between a pair of vertebrae;
- and
- reinforcing at least one of the pair of vertebrae to support the disc replacement system by treating at least one of the pair of vertebrae with a vertebral body treatment material.
A method of treating a spinal condition comprising:
- placing a disc replacement system in an intervertebral disc space between a pair of vertebrae;
- and
- reinforcing an endplate of at least one of the pair of vertebrae to support the disc replacement system by treating the endplate with an endplate treatment material.
A method of treating a spinal condition comprising:
- placing a disc replacement system in an intervertebral disc space between a pair of vertebrae;
- and
- reinforcing an endplate of at least one of the pair of vertebrae to support the disc replacement system by treating the endplate with an endplate treatment material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.