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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2006
Applicants:

Eric C. Lange, Collierville, TN (US);

Aurelien Bruneau, Memphis, TN (US);

Kent M. Anderson, Memphis, TN (US);

Thomas Carls, Memphis, TN (US);

Jonathan Dewey, Memphis, TN (US);

Matthew M. Morrison, Cordova, TN (US);

Fred J. Molz, Iv, Birmingham, AL (US);

Jean Taylor, Cannes, FR;

Inventors:

Eric C. Lange, Collierville, TN (US);

Aurelien Bruneau, Memphis, TN (US);

Kent M. Anderson, Memphis, TN (US);

Thomas Carls, Memphis, TN (US);

Jonathan Dewey, Memphis, TN (US);

Matthew M. Morrison, Cordova, TN (US);

Fred J. Molz, IV, Birmingham, AL (US);

Jean Taylor, Cannes, FR;

Assignee:

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A prosthetic device and method of inserting same between adjacent vertebrae, according to which a first member of a relatively flexible material is adapted to extend between the vertebrae; and at least one second member of a relatively stiff material is supported by the first member.


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