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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2009
Hyun W. Bae, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Nicholas Slater, Chandler, AZ (US);
Joshua a Butters, Chandler, AZ (US);
Daniel F. Justin, Logan, UT (US);
Dylan M. Hushka, Chandler, AZ (US);
Rick Delamarter, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Hyun W. Bae, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Nicholas Slater, Chandler, AZ (US);
Joshua A Butters, Chandler, AZ (US);
Daniel F. Justin, Logan, UT (US);
Dylan M. Hushka, Chandler, AZ (US);
Rick Delamarter, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for spinal surgery includes a prosthesis comprising a plurality of bone anchors which engage an intervertebral construct for fusion or motion preservation. The fusion construct comprises a spacer optionally encircled by a jacket. The motion preservation construct may comprise an articulating disc assembly or an elastomeric disc assembly. Any of the constructs may occupy the intervertebral disc space between adjacent vertebrae after removal of an intervertebral disc. The anchors slidingly engage the construct to securely fix the prosthesis to the vertebrae. The anchors and jacket of the fusion construct provide a continuous load path across opposite sides of the prosthesis so as to resist antagonistic motions of the spine.