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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Spinal Stabilization Technologies, Llc, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Nadi Salah Hibri, San Antonio, TX (US);
James Douglas Lutz, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
SPINAL STABILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2/44 (2013.01); A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30092 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30235 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30448 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30584 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30586 (2013.01); A61F 2002/444 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4435 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4693 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4694 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0003 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract
This specification describes technologies relating to an intervertebral disc prosthesis used to strengthen and stabilize the spine. Implementations of the technology described herein comprise a surgical device that is implanted through a small surgical incision into a portion of a human intervertebral disc, various support tools used to insert such a surgical device, and a method by which the device is used to strengthen and stabilize the spine.