Patent ID: RE42576

Claim:
A method of endoprosthetic discectomy surgery comprising the steps of receiving information about the size, shape and nature of a patient's damaged natural spinal vertebral bodies and discs from radiographs, CT and/or MRI scans or other imaging devices specifically determining the anterior-posterior and lateral dimensions of each involved vertebral body, the vertical height of the anterior aspect of each involved vertebral and/or proximate vertebral body, and the vertical height of the mid-portion of the involved and proximate normal intervertebral disc spaces, thereafter constructing one or more prosthetic vertebral body units and prosthetic disc units in conformity with the received information, each prosthetic disc unit including confronting L-shaped concaval-convex elements and a resilient body interposed between the concaval-convex elements; and an endoprosthetic vertebral body interposed between and engaging the adjacent disc units; and thereafter implanting the completed and conformed construction in the patient's spine.