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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Zygofix Ltd., Misgav, IL;
Assignee:
Zygofix Ltd., Misgav, IL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7064 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01);
Abstract
A facet distraction prosthesis includes an array of facet distraction base elements, connected to each other by a set of connector elements located at adjacent base elements. The set of connector elements includes a male connector having an at least partial cylindrical or spherical contour that is received in, and articulates with, an at least partial cylindrical or spherical recess of a female connector, so that adjacent ones of the base elements can bend in multiple degrees of freedom about different bending axes with respect to each other and adapt to a geometry of a facet joint.