Patent ID: 8357200
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An artificial spinal disk prosthesis for mounting onto a vertebrae of a patient's body using a bracket comprising in combination: a bracket having a groove on at least one side thereof; an artificial spinal disk having a hole along the side of the disk; a rod with a first end and second end, the first end being slidably coupled to the groove and the second end being slidably and rotatably coupled to the disk by passing through the hole along the side of the disk, whereby to permit a controlled range of motion to accommodate movement of the patient's body, wherein the disk further comprises a collar that surrounds the hole where the rod enters the disk, the collar having a cross-sectional shape perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the rod relative to the cross-sectional shape of the rod such that the second end cannot be withdrawn through the collar while the rod can rotate within the confines of the collar.