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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2007
Eugene Marlowe Goble, Logan, UT (US);
Thomas Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, UT (US);
Robert W. Hoy, Columbus, OH (US);
Daniel F. Justin, Logan, UT (US);
Alan Chervitz, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Jude Paganelli, San Diego, CA (US);
Daniel J. Triplett, Providence, UT (US);
Eugene Marlowe Goble, Logan, UT (US);
Thomas Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, UT (US);
Robert W. Hoy, Columbus, OH (US);
Daniel F. Justin, Logan, UT (US);
Alan Chervitz, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Jude Paganelli, San Diego, CA (US);
Daniel J. Triplett, Providence, UT (US);
GMEDELAWARE 2 LLC, Audubon, PA (US);
Abstract
A prosthesis for the replacement of at least a portion of the bone of a facet located on a mammalian vertebra, comprising: an articulating surface that articulates with another facet; a bone contacting surface that contacts a surface of the vertebra, the articulating surface being connected to the bone contacting surface; and a fixation element that attaches the bone contacting surface to the vertebra, the fixation element being adapted for implantation into an interior bone space of a pedicle of the vertebra; wherein the prosthesis is configured so that no portion of the prosthesis contacts the posterior arch of the vertebra.