发明名称 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPINAL DISTRACTION AND FUSION |
摘要 |
The invention provides an implantable spinal distraction/fusion rod with varied thread pitch and diameters along different portions of its length that it is capable of distracting two or more vertebral bodies relative to each other and/or facilitating the procedure of fusing the vertebral bodies together from within the spine. The present invention also provides for methods of using the rod to distract and/or fuse two or more vertebral bodies from within the spine.
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申请公布号 |
US2010004690(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2010.01.07 |
申请号 |
US20090561192 |
申请日期 |
2009.09.16 |
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发明人 |
CRAGG ANDREW H.;ASSELL ROBERT L.;DICKHUDT EUGENE A. |
分类号 |
A61B17/70;A61B;A61B17/00;A61B17/16;A61B17/17;A61B17/22;A61B17/28;A61B17/32;A61B17/56;A61B17/66;A61B17/88;A61F2/00;A61F2/28;A61F2/30;A61F2/44;A61F2/46;A61F5/00 |
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A61B17/70 |
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