TOOLS FOR IMPLANTATION AND EXTRACTION OF POSTERIORLY PLACED LUMBAR ARTICIAL DISCS INCLUDING: A TOTALLY WIRELESS ELECTRONICALLY EMBEDDED ACTION-ENDED ENDOSCOPE UTILIZING DIFFERENTIAL DIRECTIONAL ILLUMINATION WITH DIGITALLY CONTROLLED MIRRORS AND/OR PRISMS, AND A DISC BALL INSERTER , A PLATE EXTRACTOR, AND RESCUE DISC PLATES
A hand manipulated endoscopic medical device includes a body having a proximal end, which is hand manipulated, a distal end which includes a manipulator, a light emitting device at the distal end, an imaging device at the distal end. A tool for extracting an artificial lumbar disc from between a pair of vertebral plates includes a handle, a member for transmitting force, and a sharpened end, specially configured to be placed between the artificial disc and the vertebral plate. A tool for implanting or explanting a ball to or from an artificial lumbar disc includes a pinion shaft and a pinion shaft enclosure, with a tightening knob at the proximal end of the shaft enclosure and coupled to the pinion shaft, a pinion at the distal end of the pinion shaft, a grappling device at the pinion, and a pair of semi-circular rings.
