Patent ID: 11903843
Assignee: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of openings comprises a first opening and a second opening, wherein the first opening is separated from the second opening by a distance greater than the intervertebral space between the first vertebra and the second vertebra to configure the bioresorbable plate to be secured across the intervertebral space between the first vertebra and the second vertebra, and wherein the plurality of bioresorbable screws comprises a first screw configured to be received through the first opening and a second screw configured to be received through the second opening to couple the bioresorbable plate with the first vertebra and the second vertebra and thereby retain the tissue-engineered intervertebral disc within the intervertebral space.