Patent ID: 8449614
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A device for fixing a defect in an anulus fibrosus adjacent a vertebral body of a patient, the defect defining a height dimension and left to right dimension, the device comprising: a mesh patch having a first and second layer defining a tube with a lumen therethrough; the lumen of the tube being oriented in a left to right direction relative to the defect in the annulus fibrosus; a suture having a first end, a middle portion, and a second end, wherein the middle portion of the suture is positioned between the first and second layers of the mesh patch; one or more bone anchors separate from the suture material; and wherein the mesh patch is positioned adjacent the defect in the annulus fibrosus with the first and second ends of the suture anchored to an adjacent vertebral body with the bones anchors so as to occlude the defect.