US 2012/0239148 A1Published application

Implantable spinal disk

AssigneeInternational Spinal Innovations, LLC

InventorsJoseph Aferzon, Jeffrey A. Bash

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Abstract

Spinal disk including a shell, first endplate, second endplate and core. The shell includes sidewalls, back wall, front wall, top wall and bottom wall defining a compartment. The first endplate includes a first base, first top and first attachment. The first base is retained in the compartment. The first top is disposed about a first opening in the top wall forming a top contact surface. The first attachment extends from the first top portion. The second endplate includes a second base, second top and second attachment. The second base is retained in the compartment. The second top is disposed about a second opening in the bottom wall forming a bottom contact surface. The second attachment extends from the second top portion. The core is disposed in the compartment between the first endplate and the second endplate.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An implantable spinal disk comprising:

an external shell including a pair of sidewalls, back wall, front wall, top wall and bottom wall which define a compartment that extends therebetween in the shell, the top wall having a first opening from exterior of the shell into the compartment, the bottom wall having a second opening from exterior of the shell into the compartment;
a first endplate including a first base portion, first top portion and at least one first attachment device, the first base portion retained in the compartment by the top wall, the first top portion disposed about the first opening to form a top contact surface, the at least one first attachment device extending from the first top portion and configured to penetrate into a first vertebra;
a second endplate including a second base portion, second top portion and at least one second attachment device, the second base portion retained in the compartment by the bottom wall, the second top portion disposed about the second opening to form a bottom contact surface, the at least one second attachment device extending from the second top portion and configured to penetrate into a second vertebra;
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a core internal component disposed in the compartment between the first endplate and the second endplate.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/482,096Filed 29 May 2012
Priority: 20 Nov 2006
Published: 20 Sep 2012
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

A61F 2/4425
Intervertebral or spinal discs, e.g. resilient: made of articulated components
A61F 2/442
For the spine, e.g. vertebrae or spinal discs: intervertebral or spinal discs, e.g. resilient
A61F 2/441
For the spine, e.g. vertebrae or spinal discs: made of inflatable pockets or chambers filled with fluid, e.g. with hydrogel
A61F 2002/30014
The prosthesis being made from materials having different values of a given property at different locations within the same prosthesis: differing…

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