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US 2012/0259363 A1Published application
Viscoelastic lumbar-sacral implant
AssigneeKyphon SARL
InventorsEric C. Lange, Calin Druma
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Abstract
Medical devices for the treatment of spinal conditions are described herein. The medical device includes a main body that is adapted to be placed between the L5 vertebra and the sacrum so that the main body acts as a spacer with respect to the L5 vertebra and the sacrum to maintain distraction therebetween when the spine moves in extension.
Claims22
A device, comprising:
- a front face;
- a rear face;
- an upper body portion defining an upper saddle;
- a lower body portion defining a lower saddle;
- the upper body portion separated from the lower body portion by an axial plane;
- the lower body portion including a left lower lobe and a right lower lobe, each lobe being adjacent to an opposite side of the lower saddle;
- a left sidewall, a right sidewall and a sagittal plane dividing the device into a left part and a right part, the left sidewall and the right sidewall each extending from the upper body portion to the lower body portion and extending away from the sagittal plane in a direction from the upper body portion to the lower body portion such that a first distance between the left sidewall and the right sidewall adjacent to the upper body portion is less than a second distance between the left sidewall and the right sidewall adjacent to the lower body portion;
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- a left channel extending through the device in the left lower lobe and a right channel extending through the device in the right lower lobe.
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A device, comprising:
- a front portion;
- a rear portion separated from the front portion by a coronal plane;
- an upper body portion defining an upper saddle wherein the upper body portion defines a passage adjacent to the coronal plane;
- a lower body portion defining a lower saddle;
- the upper body portion separated from the lower body portion by an axial plane;
- the lower body portion including a left lower lobe and a right lower lobe, each lobe being adjacent to an opposite side of the lower saddle;
- a left sidewall, a right sidewall and a sagittal plane dividing the device into a left part and a right part, the left sidewall and the right sidewall each extending from the upper body portion to the lower body portion and extending away from the sagittal plane in a direction from the upper body portion to the lower body portion such that a first distance between the left sidewall and the right sidewall adjacent to the upper body portion is less than a second distance between the left sidewall and the right sidewall adjacent to the lower body portion;
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- a left channel extending through the device in the left lower lobe and a right channel extending through the device in the right lower lobe.
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A device, comprising:
- a front face;
- a rear face;
- an upper body portion defining an upper saddle;
- a lower body portion defining a lower saddle;
- the upper body portion separated from the lower body portion by an axial plane;
- the lower body portion including a left lower lobe and a right lower lobe, each lobe being adjacent to an opposite side of the lower saddle;
- a left sidewall, a right sidewall and a sagittal plane dividing the device into a left part and a right part, the left sidewall and the right sidewall each extending from the upper body portion to the lower body portion and extending away from the sagittal plane in a direction from the upper body portion to the lower body portion such that a first distance between the left sidewall and the right sidewall adjacent to the upper body portion is less than a second distance between the left sidewall and the right sidewall adjacent to the lower body portion;
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- a left channel extending through the device in the left lower lobe with a left grommet located in the left channel and a right channel extending through the device in the right lower lobe with a right grommet located in the right channel.
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A device, comprising:
- a front face having a generally triangular configuration;
- a rear face;
- an upper body portion defining an upper saddle;
- a lower body portion defining a lower saddle;
- the upper body portion separated from the lower body portion by an axial plane;
- the lower body portion including a left lower lobe and a right lower lobe, each lobe being adjacent to an opposite side of the lower saddle;
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- a left channel extending through the device in the left lower lobe and a right channel extending through the device in the right lower lobe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.