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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Seungkyu Daniel Kwak, Raynham, MA (US);
Andrea Burke, Hudson, MA (US);
Amie Borgstrom, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Riley Hawkins, Raynham, MA (US);
William Dunbar, Bethlehem, CT (US);
SeungKyu Daniel Kwak, Raynham, MA (US);
Andrea Burke, Hudson, MA (US);
Amie Borgstrom, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Riley Hawkins, Raynham, MA (US);
William Dunbar, Bethlehem, CT (US);
Depuy Spine, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
Various methods and devices are provided for stabilizing adjacent vertebrae in a patient's spinal column. In one exemplary embodiment, a spinal stabilization device is provided having a first cross-connector that is adapted to mate to opposed lateral sides of a first vertebra, a second cross-connector that is adapted to mate to opposed lateral sides of a second vertebra, and a flexible member that is coupled to the first and second cross-connectors and that is adapted to allow movement between first and second adjacent vertebrae coupled to the first and second cross-connectors.