Patent ID: 7922767
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of implanting a spinal prosthesis, comprising: making an incision in a patient; inserting a tube into the incision and proximate two adjacent vertebrae; inserting an implant strip through the tube holding the implant strip in a generally linear shape along its longitudinal axis, ejecting the implant strip from the tube between the two adjacent vertebrae; coiling the implant strip between the two adjacent vertebrae to form the spinal prosthesis; and contacting the metal outer edge of the first lateral side portion to a first vertebra of the two adjacent vertebrae and the metal outer edge of the second lateral side portion to a second vertebra of the two adjacent vertebrae so as to attach the metal outer edge of the first lateral side portion to the first vertebra and the metal outer edge of the second lateral side portion to the second vertebra by virtue of bone growth promoted by the bone growth promoting treatment, wherein the spinal prosthesis resists the compressive and tensile forces by deflecting the second portion before deflection of the first portion after implantation has been completed.