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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10433829 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2017

Stabilization of cervical spine utilizing stabilization of uncinate joints and across disc space

Applicant:

Uncinate Joint, Llc, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey John Larson, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);

Theodore P. Bertele, Longmont, CO (US);

Assignee:

UNCINATE JOINT, LLC, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);

Attorney:

Lathrop Gage LLP

Primary Examiner:

Julianna N Harvey

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 17/7053 (2013.01); A61B 17/7059 (2013.01); A61B 17/7062 (2013.01); A61F 2/4405 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/4684 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00261 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02); A61F 2002/3055 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30538 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4475 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for stabilizing a cervical spine segment utilizing uncinate joint stabilization, includes a stabilizing bridge for bridging across intervertebral disc space of the cervical spine segment to mechanically couple between a pair of uncinate joint stabilizers positioned in a respective pair of uncinate joints of the cervical spine segment. A method for stabilizing a cervical spine segment utilizing uncinate joint stabilization includes (a) positioning a pair of uncinate joint stabilizers in respective uncinate joints of the cervical spine segment to stabilize the uncinate joints and thereby stabilize the cervical spine segment (b) and implanting, in intervertebral disc space of the cervical spine segment, a stabilizing bridge that mechanically couples between the uncinate joint stabilizers across intervertebral disc space of the cervical spine segment.

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