Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible and static interspinous/inter-laminar spinal spacers
- Patent Title (中): 柔性和静态棘突间/层间脊椎间隔垫
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Application No.: US12694051Application Date: 2010-01-26
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Publication No.: US08236031B2Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Kara A. Bucci
- Applicant: Kara A. Bucci
- Applicant Address: US IL Hoffman Estates
- Assignee: Life Spine, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Life Spine, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Hoffman Estates
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/70
- IPC: A61B17/70

Abstract:
Interspinous/inter-laminar spinal spacers (spinal spacers) are configured to be placed between bony structures (i.e. transverse and spinous processes) of adjacent vertebrae of a spine. In one form, flexible spinal spacers are defined by a unitary body that is configured to be placed between bony structures of adjacent vertebrae of a spine. The unitary body has a flex portion that provides for motion between the adjacent vertebrae to which it is coupled. The flex portion is configurable to provide for various degrees of angulation, flexion, extension and/or compression of the present flexible spinal spacer. In another form, static spinal spacers are defined by a unitary body that is configured to be placed between bony structures of adjacent vertebrae of a spine. The unitary body has saddle-shaped ends each defining a pocket that is configured to receive a bony structure of a vertebra. The pockets may or may not be textured and/or may or may not include teeth, serrations or ridged surfaces to secure the spinal spacer to the bony structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100191287A1 Flexible and Static Interspinous/Inter-Laminar Spinal Spacers Public/Granted day:2010-07-29
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