Spinal implants with cooperating suture anchors
AssigneeSpineMedica Corporation
InventorsPaul Anderson, Guilhem Denoziere, John McClellan, Edward Miller
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Abstract
Spinal implants have cooperating suture anchors. The devices include: (a) a spinal implant; and (b) at least one suture anchor comprising a threaded bone anchor holding at least one suture extending outwardly therefrom. In position, the at least one suture extends outward from the threaded bone anchor and attaches to the spinal implant while the threaded anchor is anchored in a vertebral body.
Claims34
A spinal implant with cooperating suture anchors, comprising:
- a spinal implant;
- and
- at least one suture anchor comprising a threaded bone anchor holding at least one suture, wherein, in position, the at least one suture extends outwardly from the threaded bone anchor and attaches to the spinal implant while the threaded bone anchor is anchored in a vertebral body.
A medical spinal implant kit, comprising;
- a total disc replacement (TDR) spinal implant comprising a bone attachment material;
- and
- a plurality of suture anchors configured to define suture knots against an outer surface of the bone attachment material with the threaded anchors configured and sized to reside in at least one vertebral body above or below the TDR implant to secure the TDR implant in position.
A method of attaching a total disc replacement (TDR) implant to at least one vertebral body, comprising;
- implanting a TDR;
- anchoring at least one bone anchor in at least one vertebral body proximate the TDR;
- and
- tying at least one suture set attached to the bone anchor to the TDR to thereby secure the TDR in position in the body.
A TDR implant, comprising:
- a flexible implant body;
- and
- a bone attachment member with at least one outwardly extending plug configured and sized to reside in a cavity formed in a vertebral body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.