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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2008
Applicants:
Seungkyu Daniel Kwak, Needham, MA (US);
Mark Gracia, Rochester, MA (US);
John Riley Hawkins, Cumberland, RI (US);
Lisa Gilman, Canton, MA (US);
John Griffin, Boston, MA (US);
Martin A. Reynolds, Mansfield, MA (US);
Hassan Serhan, South Easton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Seungkyu Daniel Kwak, Needham, MA (US);
Mark Gracia, Rochester, MA (US);
John Riley Hawkins, Cumberland, RI (US);
Lisa Gilman, Canton, MA (US);
John Griffin, Boston, MA (US);
Martin A. Reynolds, Mansfield, MA (US);
Hassan Serhan, South Easton, MA (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Spine, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An S-shaped interspinous spacer having a pair of hooks that, upon lateral insertion between opposed spinous process, bear upon the opposed spinous processes.