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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Giancarlo Guizzardi, Florence, IT;
Guy Deneuvillers, Merlimont, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
COUSIN BIOTECH, Wervicq Sud, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7053 (2013.01); A61B 17/7062 (2013.01);
Abstract
The subject matter of the present invention relates to a maintaining device suitable for maintaining a predetermined intervertebral spacing, comprising a) a slender component, which is preferably substantially flat, of predetermined main width having a first end and a second end capable of being placed around the spinous processes, b) a rigid support comprising two side parts mounted between front and rear parts, and c) a blocking component mounted so as to slide on the side parts.