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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.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1985
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kent K Wu, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 18 ; 128 / ; 128 / ; 128 / ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for stabilizing the spine wherein vertebral bodies have been removed which comprises forming recesses in the vertebral bodies which face one another, inserting a longitudinally extendable prosthetic device between the opposed vertebral bodies with the ends of the prosthetic device engaging the recesses, extending the prosthetic device to the desired predetermined distance.
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