US Patent No: 6,183,471
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Spine distraction implant and method
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Feb 6, 2001
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Nov 25, 1998
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09/200,266
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Abstract
A spine distraction implant alleviates pain associated with spinal stenosis and facet arthropathy by expanding the volume in the spine canal and/or neural foramen. The implant provides a spinal extension stop while allowing freedom of spinal flexion.
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| 4,743,256 Surgical prosthetic implant facilitating vertebral interbody fusion and method | 569 | 1987 | |
| 4,834,757 Prosthetic implant | 690 | 1988 | |
| 4,878,915 Surgical prosthetic implant facilitating vertebral interbody fusion | 604 | 1989 | |
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| 4,961,740 V-thread fusion cage and method of fusing a bone joint | 563 | 1988 | |
| 5,026,373 Surgical method and apparatus for fusing adjacent bone structures | 476 | 1989 | |
| 5,055,104 Surgically implanting threaded fusion cages between adjacent low-back vertebrae by an anterior approach | 461 | 1989 | |
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| 4,936,848 Implant for vertebrae | 343 | 1989 | |
| 5,059,193 Expandable spinal implant and surgical method | 650 | 1990 | |
| 5,458,638 Non-threaded spinal implant | 411 | 1992 | |
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| 4,772,287 Prosthetic disc and method of implanting | 600 | 1987 | |
| 4,904,260 Prosthetic disc containing therapeutic material | 507 | 1988 | |
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| 5,258,031 Intervertebral disk arthroplasty | 611 | 1992 | |
| 5,395,372 Spinal strut graft holding staple | 186 | 1993 | |
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| 4,501,269 Process for fusing bone joints | 529 | 1984 | |
| 5,263,953 Apparatus and system for fusing bone joints | 306 | 1991 | |
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| 5,015,247 Threaded spinal implant | 746 | 1988 | |
| 5,593,409 Interbody spinal fusion implants | 435 | 1995 | |
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| 4,790,303 Apparatus and method for securing bone graft | 241 | 1987 | |
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| 4,599,084 Method of using biological tissue to promote even bone growth | 95 | 1983 | |
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| 5,540,689 Apparatus for securing a rod adjacent to a bone | 117 | 1994 | |
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| 5,496,318 Interspinous segmental spine fixation device | 433 | 1993 | |
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| 4,553,273 Vertebral body prosthesis and spine stabilizing method | 354 | 1983 | |
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| 5,645,599 Interspinal vertebral implant | 535 | 1996 | |
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| 4,714,469 Spinal implant | 494 | 1987 | |
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| 4,636,217 Anterior spinal implant | 405 | 1985 | |
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| 5,387,213 Osseous surgical implant particularly for an intervertebral stabilizer | 296 | 1993 | |
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| 4,904,261 Spinal implants | 374 | 1988 | |
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| 5,415,661 Implantable spinal assist device | 588 | 1993 | |
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| 4,932,975 Vertebral prosthesis | 457 | 1989 | |
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| 4,349,921 Intervertebral disc prosthesis | 762 | 1980 | |
| 4,309,777 Artificial intervertebral disc | 598 | 1980 | |
| 4,401,112 Spinal fixator | 422 | 1981 | |
| 4,479,491 Intervertebral stabilization implant | 206 | 1982 | |
| 4,657,550 Buttressing device usable in a vertebral prosthesis | 397 | 1986 | |
| 5,011,484 Surgical implant for restricting the relative movement of vertebrae | 296 | 1989 | |
| 5,092,866 Flexible inter-vertebral stabilizer as well as process and apparatus for determining or verifying its tension before installation on the spinal column | 525 | 1990 | |
| 5,180,381 Anterior lumbar/cervical bicortical compression plate | 247 | 1991 | |
| 5,458,641 Vertebral body prosthesis | 308 | 1993 | |
| 5,702,455 Expandable prosthesis for spinal fusion | 382 | 1996 | |