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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2009
Alain Tornier, Saint-Ismier, FR;
Jean-paul Steib, Strasbourg, FR;
Christian Mazel, Le Plessis Robinson, FR;
Alain Tornier, Saint-Ismier, FR;
Jean-Paul Steib, Strasbourg, FR;
Christian Mazel, Le Plessis Robinson, FR;
Clariance, Dainville, FR;
Abstract
The nuclear implant according to this invention constitutes, between two overlying and underlying vertebrae Va, Vb of a spine segment Sr, an intervertebral support device that damps shock and ensures the mobility of the functional unit that is formed by the vertebrae of a vertebral column, whereby the nuclear implant includes a filling element () that includes at least one continuous wire () that is arranged—inside a nuclear space Es that is obtained after nucleotomy of the intervertebral disk Di—along a profile in the shape of a ring whose stack of coils () makes it possible to delimit a central internal space ().