VERTIFLEX, INC.; INC.;VERTIFLEX;FLAHERTY, J. CHRISTOPHER
发明人:
FLAHERTY, J. CHRISTOPHER,ALTARAC, MOTI,TEBBE, SHAWN,KIM, DANIEL H.
申请号:
CA2634251
公开号:
CA2634251C
申请日:
2006.12.13
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要:
Devices, systems and methods for dynamically stabilizing the spine areprovided. The devices include an expandable spacer having an undeployedconfiguration and a deployed configuration, wherein the spacer has axial andradial dimensions for positioning between the spinous processes of adjacentvertebrae. The systems include one or more spacers and a mechanical actuationmeans for delivering and deploying the spacer. The methods involve theimplantation of one or more spacers within the interspinous space.