Patent ID: 8491634

Claim:
A prosthesis for the repair of a first cervical facet joint and a second cervical facet joint occurring on a first side of a spinal column, the first cervical facet joint having a superior facet articulating surface and an inferior facet articulating surface, the second cervical facet joint having a superior facet articulating surface and an inferior facet articulating surface, the prosthesis comprising: a first prosthetic component, comprising: a first prosthetic component superior portion adapted for replacing at least a portion of the articulating surface of the first cervical facet joint superior facet; a first prosthetic component inferior portion adapted for replacing at least a portion of the articulating surface of the second cervical facet joint inferior facet; and a first prosthetic component mounting portion adapted for connection to a vertebral portion occurring between the first cervical facet joint and the second cervical facet joint, wherein the first prosthetic component superior portion is joined to the mounting portion at an angle of about 135° .