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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
James D. Ralph, Oakland, NJ (US);
Steven Tatar, Montvale, NJ (US);
Thomas J. Errico, Summit, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Spine Care, Inc., Summit, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 ; A61B 1/758 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 ; A61B 1/758 ;
Abstract
An intervertebral space distraction assembly including: a plurality of sequentially axially wider disc spacer elements, the sequential insertion and removal of which, into an intervertebral space effects a widening of the intervertebral space, such that a desired anatomical spacing of adjacent vertebral bones may be restored.