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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Neos Surgery, S.l., Cerdanyola Del Valles, ES;
Marc Serrahima Tornel, Sant Cugat Del Valles, ES;
Salvador Llas Vargas, Lleida, ES;
Ana Rodriguez Alonso, Abrera, ES;
Montserrat Charles-Harris Ferrer, Barcelona, ES;
Lluis Chico Roca, Badalona, ES;
Pablo Clavel Laria, Barcelona, ES;
NEOS SURGERY, S.L., Del Valles, ES;
Abstract
A device () for repairing an intervertebral disc comprising an anchoring body (), suitable for being advanced into and secured in one of the vertebrae adjacent the intervertebral disc; and a prosthesis () attachable in a secure coupling position to the anchoring body () and adapted for retaining or replacing the nucleus pulposus in an interior space of an outer annulus of the intervertebral disc, the anchoring body supporting and arranging in the cited coupling position the prosthesis such that the prosthesis is oriented to in a direction toward and through a hole in the outer annulus, the prosthesis comprising at least one active portion () adapted to assume and maintain a first placement shape (A) suitable for permitting the active portion to be inserted into and through the hole in the outer annulus during a placement thereof into the interior space of the outer annulus, and at least a second operative shape (B) suitable for at least partially occluding the hole in the outer annulus and/or replacing at least a portion of the nucleus pulposus upon the active portion assuming a placement position in the interior space of the outer annulus.