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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan Rory McLeod, Somerset, GB;
Andre Jackowski, Birmingham, GB;
Assignee:
Bridport-Gundry PLC c/o Pearsalls Implants, Taunton, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 17 ; 606 61 ;
Abstract
A prosthesis for the replacement of an intervertebral disc of the spine comprises a block of an elastomeric material, which is held under compression by an encapsulating textile fabric. A preferred version of the invention (see FIG. 8) has continuations of the encapsulating fabric forming an interdigitation, with the continuation of the upper fabric passing through a hole in the lower fabric and being attached to the lower vertebral body and the continuation of the lower fabric crossing to its fixation site on the upper vertebral body.
Published as:
GB9713330D0; WO9900074A1; AU8115498A; ZA985547B; EP0991379A1; US6093205A; KR20010020519A; AU743650B2; JP2002506373A; EP0991379B1; ATE286697T1; DE69828605D1; ES2236914T3; DE69828605T2; JP2009000541A; JP4361141B2;