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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2006
Todd James Albert, Narberth, PA (US);
Richard H. Rothman, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Leon Roitburg, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Rafail Zubok, Midland Park, NJ (US);
Mikhail Kvitnitsky, Clifton, NJ (US);
Todd James Albert, Narberth, PA (US);
Richard H. Rothman, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Leon Roitburg, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Rafail Zubok, Midland Park, NJ (US);
Mikhail Kvitnitsky, Clifton, NJ (US);
Altus Partners, LLC, Newtown Spuare, PA (US);
Abstract
An intervertebral stabilizer includes: a first member operable to engage an endplate of a vertebral bone of a spine, the first member having top and bottom surfaces defining a thickness therebetween; a second member spaced apart from the first member and operable to engage an endplate of an adjacent vertebral bone of the spine; a connecting element located substantially between and connecting the first and second members; and the first member having at least one slot extending through a portion thereof through its entire thickness and top and bottom surfaces, creating first and second portions of the first member, wherein the slot imparts compressibility and/or expandability to the intervertebral disc replacement device.