Patent ID: 9042960
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A procedure for determining and placing spinal implants or prostheses, comprising: measuring a spatial change in position of vertebrae at an affected level of a patient's spine from a first position at which the patient reports a greatest amount of pain known to originate from the affected level, to a second position at which the patient reports a least amount of pain originating from the affected level; the measuring step including quantifying the spatial change in position in terms of one or more of flexion, extension, lateral bending, rotation, translation, compression, and distraction, and producing corresponding measurement data; and selecting, according to the produced measurement data, one or more spinal implants or prostheses that are configured to urge the affected level of the patient's spine toward the second position and away from the first position when the implants or prosthesis are applied to or placed in a disc space at the affected level.