GITTINGS, Darin C.,REO, Michael L.,ROBINSON, Janine C.
申请号：
EP20160186386
公开号：
EP3167849(A1)
申请日:
2006.08.31
申请国别(地区):
欧洲专利局
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
A prosthetic device configured to replace a pair oi tacets on adjacent upper and lower vertebral bodies and the facet joint between those facets in that spine from which spine the facets and facet joints to be replaced have been removed, comprising: a. ) an elongated upper attachment arm curved forward and configured to conform to and to attach at an upper end to a prepared facet site on the lateral posterior of the upper vertebral body, the facet site being prepared by the removal of the facet and the facet joint, and the elongated upper attachment arm being attached at an opposite end to a compressible stabilizing member, b. ) an elongated lower attachment arm curved rearward and configured to conform to and to attach at a lower end to a prepared facet site on the lateral posterior of the lower vertebral body, the facet site being prepared by the removal of the facet and the facet joint, and the elongated lower attachment arm being attached at an opposite end to the compressible stabilizing member, and,
