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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2003
Applicants:
Horace Winston Hale, Degersheim, CH;
Dieter Grob, Erlenbach, CH;
Inventors:
Horace Winston Hale, Degersheim, CH;
Dieter Grob, Erlenbach, CH;
Assignee:
Lanterna Medical Technologies LTD, Watford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61B 17/1757 (2013.01); A61F 2/4405 (2013.01); A61B 17/1659 (2013.01); A61B 17/7064 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3082 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30405 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30769 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30841 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30878 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0025 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00029 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00131 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00161 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00203 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00239 (2013.01);
Abstract
Prostheses and methods for treating spinal pathologies and more specifically, for treating articulating surfaces of facet joints. The system includes a superior implant that is configured for placement on a superior articulating facet surface and an inferior implant that is configured for placement on an inferior articulating facet surface. The method includes creating a space between a superior and an inferior articular facet, such as by using a rasp, and fixing superior and inferior implants to the superior and inferior articular facets.