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Dynamized interspinal implant

  • US 9,662,147 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2016
  • Issued: 05/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating a patient having a spinal pathology within a functional spinal unit (FSU) having an upper vertebra, a lower vertebra, and an intervertebral disc therebetween, the method comprising:

  • damaging an anterior longitudinal ligament (ALL) of the patient, thereby increasing the range of motion of the FSU in extension,inserting an interbody device into a void between the upper and lower vertebrae, the interbody device comprising;

    a) an upper portion having an upper surface adapted for bearing against the upper vertebra and having teeth extending therefrom for gripping the upper vertebra,b) a lower portion having a lower surface adapted for bearing against the lower vertebra and having teeth extending therefrom for gripping the lower vertebra, andc) a wall connecting the upper and lower portions,wherein the upper and lower portions of the device are non-parallel.

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