Patent ID: 6093207
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A vertebral disk stabilizer comprising:a generally cylindrical, elongate implant having first and second end and middle portions, the middle portion having a diameter larger than the diameter of the end portions;threads formed on the outside surface of said implant for bearing against the bodies of the adjacent vertebrae when said implant is inserted into the anatomical region from which a portion of the intervertebral disk has been removed; andan elongate applicator detachably mounted to the first end of said implant for (a) inserting said implant into the region from which a portion of the intervertebral disk has been removed, (b) rotating said implant so as to cause said threads to move said implant anteriorally or posteriorally to a position in which the bodies of the adjacent vertebrae engage both the middle and the end portions of said implant to support and stabilize the adjacent vertebrae, and (c) subsequent detachment therefrom.