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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Spineovations, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Neville Alleyne, La Jolla, CA (US);
Stuart Young, Del Mar, CA (US);
Assignee:
SpineOvations, Inc., Laguna Niguel, 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 17/7061 (2013.01); A61B 17/7094 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3008 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30062 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30242 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30754 (2013.01); A61F 2002/444 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4435 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0071 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00365 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating a spinal disk according to the present invention can include inserting an alloplastic bulking agent into the spinal disk to treat the defect. The alloplastic bulking agent has a plurality of microparticles. The bulking agent results in at least one of sealing the defect, increasing a pressure of the disk, increasing a height of the disk, improving stability of the disk and improving structural integrity of the disk.