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US 9,668,756 B2Granted
Facet arthroplasty devices and methods
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorMark Reiley
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Abstract
A prosthesis replaces all or a portion of a natural facet joint on a vertebral body. The prosthesis has a prosthesis body accommodating fixation to the vertebral body at or near a pedicle and without support by a lamina. The prosthesis body has a fastening element installed within the vertebral body at or near a pedicle. The prosthesis further has an artificial facet joint structure carried by the prosthesis body at a location spaced from the fastening element. The artificial facet joint structure is adapted and configured to replace all or a portion of a natural facet joint.
Claims10
A surgical method comprising:
- inserting a prosthetic assembly into a body of a patient;
- and
- attaching the prosthetic assembly onto a vertebral body within the patient, wherein the prosthetic assembly comprises:
- a first link body having a first opening extending therethrough, wherein the first opening is sized and configured to have a spinous process fit therethrough;
- and
- a second link body having a second opening extending therethrough, wherein the first link body and the second link body are joined such that the first opening overlaps with the second opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.