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Timestamp: 2017-10-23 07:14:27
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Patent US7682375 - Dynamic fixation device and method of use - Google Patents
A dynamic fixation device is provided that allows the vertebrae to which it is attached to move in flexion within the normal physiological limits of motion, while also providing structural support that limits the amount of translation motion beyond normal physiological limits. The present invention includes...http://www.google.com/patents/US7682375?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7682375 - Dynamic fixation device and method of use
Publication number US7682375 B2
Application number US 10/435,330
Also published as CA2484923A1, CA2484923C, EP1585427A2, EP1585427A4, EP1585427B1, EP2457528A1, EP2457529A1, US8486111, US8585739, US8685062, US8690922, US9232967, US20040002708, US20070016193, US20100160969, US20100174318, US20100179596, US20140180339, US20150073480, US20160331411, WO2003094699A2, WO2003094699A3
Publication number 10435330, 435330, US 7682375 B2, US 7682375B2, US-B2-7682375, US7682375 B2, US7682375B2
Patent Citations (394), Non-Patent Citations (78), Referenced by (50), Classifications (18), Legal Events (3)
US 7682375 B2
Priority is claimed from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/379,167 filed May 8, 2002 entitled “Dynamic Fusion System”; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/390,181 filed Jun. 19, 2002 entitled “Dynamic Fusion System”; and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/417,722 filed Oct. 9, 2002 entitled “Dynamic Fusion System,” all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Cross reference and incorporation thereof is made to U.S. Nonprovisional patent application Ser. No. 10/406,895 filed on Apr. 4, 2003 entitled “Dynamic Fixation Device And Method of Use”.
Several existing patents disclose fusion devices. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,415,661 discloses a device that includes a curvilinear rod such that the implant supposedly restores normal biomechanical function to the vertebrae of the spine receiving the implant. However, the '661 patent does not disclose a device having structure other than a curvilinear shape that has a radius of curvature of between 0 to 180 degrees. In addition, the '661 patent does not disclose the concept of providing an anteriorly projected pivot point that models the natural articulation of the subject vertebrae by using a structure that provides a virtual rotation zone substantially identical to the rotation zone provided by the patient's vertebrae. In addition, as seen in FIG. 3 of the '661 patent, the device disclosed in the '661 patent utilizes a body 4 having a central section 10 having an anteriorly oriented position relative to its ends 6 a, 6 b.
Various embodiments have been described in this summary of the invention but such embodiments are by no means to be deemed limiting to the “present invention” and the detailed description, the figures and the claims should be referred to in there totality to appreciate the true scope and breath of the present invention. Moreover, while much of the above discussion has focused on devices and particular configurations, various aspects of the present invention relate to surgical methods, methods of making such devices and methods of use which are also to be understood as being part of the present invention.
FIG. 10 c is a side perspective view of the device shown in FIG. 10 a attached to two vertebra in a neutral position; and
Referring now to FIG. 5 a, in a modification of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 a, more than two substantially geometric shapes may be incorporated into a dynamic fixation device 34′. More particularly, the dynamic fixation device 34 having substantially geometric shapes 36 a and 36 b may be modified to include a third, fourth, fifth, or any number of additional substantially geometric shapes. For example, substantially geometric shapes 36 a and 36 b of the device shown in FIGS. 4 a illustrate two substantially diamond shaped features, respectively. However, as shown in FIG. 5 a, a third substantially diamond shape 36 c may be added to geometric shape 36 a and 36 b. Optional pins 46 may be used between the various substantially geometric shapes. Alternatively, four (not shown), five (not shown) or more geometric shapes may be grouped together to form a dynamic fixation device. Multiple substantially geometric shapes may differ in size and/or overall shaped configuration, which may be desirous depending upon the number used. For example, where three substantially geometric shapes 36 a, 36 b and 36 c are used, as in dynamic fixation device 34′, the overall size of each geometric shape is preferably smaller than the two substantially geometric shapes 36 a and 36 b illustrated in dynamic fixation device 34, as shown in FIG. 4 a. The, addition of added substantially geometric shapes projects the pivot pint 32 proportionally forward for the number of substantially geometric shapes used.
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U.S. Classification 606/247, 606/257
International Classification A61B17/00, A61B, A61B17/56, A61B17/70, A61B1/00
Cooperative Classification A61B2017/00526, A61B2017/00867, A61B17/7002, A61B17/7004, A61B17/7011, A61B2017/00004, A61B17/7023, A61B17/7026
European Classification A61B17/70B1R6, A61B17/70B1R10, A61B17/70B1G