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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
May. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Inventors:
David W. Ankney, Devon, PA (US);
William S. Rhoda, Collegeville, PA (US);
David C. Paul, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Christopher Angelucci, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Assignee:
GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4405 (2013.01); A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61B 17/1757 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/4425 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2/4684 (2013.01); A61B 17/1604 (2013.01); A61B 17/1735 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01); A61F 2002/302 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30014 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3092 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30113 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30125 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30153 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30166 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30224 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30365 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30387 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30433 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30451 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30471 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30517 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30545 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30563 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30568 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30571 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30594 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30601 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30604 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30616 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30649 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30662 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30769 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30772 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30878 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30884 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30899 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30935 (2013.01); A61F 2002/443 (2013.01); A61F 2002/448 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4629 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4681 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0025 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0033 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0041 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0058 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0091 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0006 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0019 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0028 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0065 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00407 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00796 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to a prosthetic spinal disc for replacing a damaged disc between two vertebrae of a spine and methods for inserting said discs. The present invention also relates to prosthetic spinal disc designs that are implanted using a transforaminal approach, methods thereof, and apparatus thereof.