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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2012
Applicants:
Jens Beger, Tuttlingen, DE;
Ralph Linke, Steisslingen, DE;
Petr Suchomel, Liberec, CZ;
Susanne Klingseis, Biberach, DE;
Inventors:
Jens Beger, Tuttlingen, DE;
Ralph Linke, Steisslingen, DE;
Petr Suchomel, Liberec, CZ;
Susanne Klingseis, Biberach, DE;
Assignee:
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8866 (2013.01); A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 17/1757 (2013.01); A61B 17/7071 (2013.01); A61F 2/44 (2013.01); A61B 17/0293 (2013.01); A61B 17/683 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61B 17/8625 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01); A61B 2019/461 (2013.01); A61B 2019/464 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3093 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30158 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30172 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30232 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30266 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30563 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30566 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30571 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30576 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30777 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30787 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30794 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30848 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30883 (2013.01);
Abstract
To provide a method with which expansion of the vertebral canal of vertebrae is possible with less stress for the patient than with the surgical methods used to date, it is proposed that herein the vertebral arch be split and an incision gap thereby be formed, and the incision gap bounded by opposed incision surfaces be expanded to a prescribed gap width and the bone substance of the resulting vertebral arch sections thereby be elastically/plastically deformed.