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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2006
Joseph C. Cauthen, Iii, Gainesville, FL (US);
Matthew M. Burns, Orono, MN (US);
Thomas R. Hektner, Hamel, MN (US);
Paul Burmeister, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Lawrence W. Wales, Maplewood, MN (US);
Daniel O. Adams, Orono, MN (US);
Rodney L. Houfburg, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Joseph C. Cauthen, III, Gainesville, FL (US);
Matthew M. Burns, Orono, MN (US);
Thomas R. Hektner, Hamel, MN (US);
Paul Burmeister, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Lawrence W. Wales, Maplewood, MN (US);
Daniel O. Adams, Orono, MN (US);
Rodney L. Houfburg, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Anulex Technologies, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
A spinal disc annulus repair device for repair and reconstruction of the spinal disc wall (annulus) after surgical invasion or pathologic rupture, which may incorporate suture closure or other means of stent insertion and fixation, designed to reduce the failure rate of conventional surgical procedures on the spinal discs.