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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Spineovations, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stuart Young, Del Mar, CA (US);
Neville Alleyne, La Jolla, CA (US);
Nicholas John Manesis, Escondido, CA (US);
Assignee:
SpineOvations, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/16 (2006.01); A61L 27/26 (2006.01); A61K 31/728 (2006.01); A61K 47/36 (2006.01); A61L 27/48 (2006.01); A61L 27/20 (2006.01); C08L 5/08 (2006.01); C08L 33/12 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/48 (2013.01); A61L 27/16 (2013.01); A61L 27/20 (2013.01); A61M 5/329 (2013.01); C08L 5/08 (2013.01); C08L 33/12 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4435 (2013.01); A61L 2430/38 (2013.01); A61M 2210/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating a spinal disk according to the present invention can include inserting an alloplastic bulking agent into the spinal disk to treat the defect. The alloplastic bulking agent has a plurality of microparticles and a suspending agent comprising hyaluronic acid. The bulking agent results in at least one of sealing the defect, increasing a pressure of the disk, increasing a height of the disk, improving stability of the disk and improving structural integrity of the disk.