Assembled Prosthesis Such as a Disc
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1. An artificial disc device, comprising a plurality of interconnected elements arranged in a row, adapted to be assembled in situ so that at least two of the elements of the row contact a same vertebral endplate.
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Abstract
An artificial disc device, comprising a plurality of interconnected elements, adapted to be assembled in situ.
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- 1. An artificial disc device, comprising a plurality of interconnected elements arranged in a row, adapted to be assembled in situ so that at least two of the elements of the row contact a same vertebral endplate.
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4. An artificial disc devices comprising at least a first row of interconnected elements and a second row of interconnected elements, each of the first row and the second row comprising a plurality of the elements adapted to be assembled in situ;
wherein the first row and the second row are each adapted to be placed near an opposite vertebral plate, along the axis of the spinal column of a patient into whom it is inserted so that each of the first row and the second row form one of a pair of opposing disc plates. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 21)
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23. A method of deploying a spinal disc prosthesis, comprising:
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forming a path to a disc area; providing a first disc portion to said disc area; providing a second disc portion to said disc area; and assembling said second disc portion to said first disc portion so that the portions are arranged in a row at said disc area so that at least two of the portions contact a same vertebral endplate. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method of assembling a spinal disc prosthesis within body, the method comprising:
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(a) creating a space between opposing first and second vertebral endplates; (b) assembling a first disc level opposing the first vertebral endplate within said space; (c) additionally assembling a second disc level opposing the second vertebral endplate within said space; wherein each of said assemblies comprises assembling at least two interconnectable elements in a row. - View Dependent Claims (50)
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