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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
May. 17, 2006
Stanley Kyle Hayes, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Joey Camia Reglos, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Moti Altarac, Irvine, CA (US);
Daniel H Kim, Los Altos, CA (US);
J Christopher Flaherty, Topsfield, MA (US);
Stanley Kyle Hayes, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Joey Camia Reglos, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Moti Altarac, Irvine, CA (US);
Daniel H Kim, Los Altos, CA (US);
J Christopher Flaherty, Topsfield, MA (US);
Exactech, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
Systems and devices for dynamically stabilizing the spine are provided. The systems include a superior component for attachment to a superior vertebra of a spinal motion segment and an inferior component for attachment to an inferior vertebral of a spinal motion segment. The interconnection between the two components enables the spinal motion segment to move in a manner that mimics the natural motion of the spinal motion segment while substantially offloading the facet joints of the spine. Methods are also provided for stabilizing the spine and for implanting the subject systems.