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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2002
Frédéric Fortin, Pessac, FR;
Johann Robin, Mérignac, FR;
Frédéric Fortin, Pessac, FR;
Johann Robin, Mérignac, FR;
Paradigm Spine, LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A flexible intervertebral linking device () is provided. The device () utilizes two sets of structures. A first structure () is a rigid structure () preferably made of biocompatible metallic materials providing the device with good mechanical resistance by integral load transmission without deformation. A second structure () is a flexible or damping structure (and) made of biocompatible viscoelastic materials, permitting repeated elastic deformations. The combination of the two structures providing the device with both resistance and mechanical dampening of forces to which it is subjected, with the purpose of compensating for any deficiency in the flexibility of certain anatomical links of the human body.