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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2008
Applicant:
Shigeru Tanaka, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Inventor:
Shigeru Tanaka, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Assignee:
SPINAL KINETICS INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7068 (2013.01); A61B 17/7062 (2013.01); A61F 2/4405 (2013.01); A61F 2/441 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30006 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30115 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30126 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30153 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30225 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30228 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30265 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30388 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30462 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30538 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3055 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30553 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30563 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30594 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30616 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30841 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30878 (2013.01); A61F 2002/443 (2013.01); A61F 2002/444 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4495 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0025 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0006 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0019 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0082 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0006 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0007 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0015 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00017 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00029 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00173 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00179 (2013.01);
Abstract
The described devices are useful in the treatment of spinal disorders and pain. In particular, the described devices are designed to stabilize a portion of the spine by restoring and maintaining spacing between two adjacent vertebrae. The devices are compressible spacers that may be situated between the spinous processes of those adjacent vertebrae. The described inter spinous process spacers also allow a range of spinal motion and mimic the motion of a normally functioning spine.