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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
May. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Perumala Corporation, Brownsville, TX (US);
Inventor:
Madhavan Pisharodi, Brownsville, TX (US);
Assignee:
Perumala Corporation, Brownsville, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/441 (2013.01); A61F 2/4425 (2013.01);
Abstract
An enhanced artificial disk for stabilizing a pair of adjacent vertebrae. The enhanced artificial disk include a disk and a stabilizer. The stabilizer includes a substantially keyhole shaped opening for receiving a stabilizer screw. By facilitating movement of the stabilizer screw within the opening, the enhanced artificial disk is capable of exhibiting a normal range of motion associated with a healthy disk while limiting any abnormal range of motion.