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Vertebral body prosthesis and spine stabilizing method

  • US 4,553,273 A
  • Filed: 11/23/1983
  • Issued: 11/19/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. The method for stabilizing the spine wherein vertebral bodies have been removed which comprisesforming non-circular recesses in the vertebral bodies which face one another and which have flat bases,inserting a longitudinally extendable prosthetic device having spaced non-circular blocks having non-circular cross-section conforming to the configurations of the non-circular recesses and flat bases abutting said flat bases of said recesses and extendable means between said blocks between the opposed vertebral bodies with the blocks of the prosthetic device in position for engagement with said recesses,extending the prosthetic device to the desired predetermined distance to engage each block in its respective recess and locking the prosthetic device in extended position.

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