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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
Seungkyu Daniel Kwak, Grafton, MA (US);
Amie Borgstrom, Stanford, CA (US);
Erasmo Lopez, Seattle, WA (US);
John Riley Hawkins, Cumberland, RI (US);
Douglas R. Lasota, Saugus, MA (US);
Charles M. Bartish, Jr., Providence, RI (US);
SeungKyu Daniel Kwak, Grafton, MA (US);
Amie Borgstrom, Stanford, CA (US);
Erasmo Lopez, Seattle, WA (US);
John Riley Hawkins, Cumberland, RI (US);
Douglas R. LaSota, Saugus, MA (US);
Charles M. Bartish, Jr., Providence, RI (US);
DePuy Spine, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
Various methods and devices are provided for a facet replacement device. In one embodiment of the invention, a facet replacement device is provided and includes an elongate member matable to a first vertebra and a housing. The housing can have a connector formed thereon and matable to an adjacent second vertebra and an inner lumen formed therein. The housing can also include a deformable member disposed within the inner lumen and having an opening formed therein for slidably receiving at least a portion of the elongate member such that the elongate member can be angularly oriented relative to a longitudinal axis of the lumen.