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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Qi-bin Bao, Bloomington, MN (US);
Robert Garryl Hudgins, Burnsville, MN (US);
Jeffrey C. Felt, Greenwood, MN (US);
Alexander Arsenyev, Eagan, MN (US);
Hansen A. Yuan, Fayetteville, NY (US);
Qi-Bin Bao, Bloomington, MN (US);
Robert Garryl Hudgins, Burnsville, MN (US);
Jeffrey C. Felt, Greenwood, MN (US);
Alexander Arsenyev, Eagan, MN (US);
Hansen A. Yuan, Fayetteville, NY (US);
Disc Dynamics, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of treating a diseased or damaged intervertebral disc having a nucleus pulposus and an annulus. The method includes the steps of accessing and preparing the intervertebral disc for receipt of the biomaterial by removing at least a portion of the nucleus pulposus to create a nuclear cavity. A quantity of the curable biomaterial is delivered under pressure to the nuclear cavity. The delivered biomaterial is at least partially cured in such a manner to retain it in the nuclear cavity. The at least partially cured biomaterial is contoured to achieve a desired conformation approximating that of the nuclear cavity.