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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2008
Matthew Yurek, San Diego, CA (US);
Jerome Segal, Rockville, MD (US);
Kabir Gambhir, San Diego, CA (US);
Kurt Vedder, Danville, CA (US);
Robert Huffman, San Diego, CA (US);
Matthew Yurek, San Diego, CA (US);
Jerome Segal, Rockville, MD (US);
Kabir Gambhir, San Diego, CA (US);
Kurt Vedder, Danville, CA (US);
Robert Huffman, San Diego, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device and method to perform 1) disk fusing, 2) an artificial replacement of the nucleus, 3) artificial replacement of the annulus, or 4), an artificial replacement of both the nucleus and annulus. The device is designed to be placed into the inter-vertebral space following discectomy. The invention includes a delivery catheter and an expandable continuous mesh that has a torus configuration with a lumen within the mesh and a center hole. The mesh can be diametrically expanded in diameter into the disc space whereby various materials can be injected into the lumen and/or the center hole.