Patent ID: 7846208
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A medical method for treating a defect in the annulus of a patient's intervertebral disc, said method comprising: providing a device releasably mounted to a delivery tool, the device having a body including a mid section disposed between open first and second ends, the mid section including a plurality of elongate filaments extending between said ends, the elongate filaments of the mid section being laterally expandable and longitudinally contractible between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein at least the mid section is sized smaller than the defect in the delivery configuration, and wherein at least a portion of the mid section is sized larger than the defect in the deployed configuration, the delivery tool having an inner delivery member slidably disposed within an outer delivery member, wherein the device is coaxially disposed on and releasably secured to the inner delivery member with the inner delivery member extending through the open first and second ends of the device and the first end of the device abutting a distal end of the outer delivery member when in the delivery configuration; and implanting the device including: