Charles M. Bartish, Jr.,Katherine Torres,J. Riley Hawkins,S. Daniel Kwak
申请号：
US11055025
公开号：
US08911498B2
申请日:
2005.02.10
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
The present invention includes intervertebral prosthetic devices and methods for installing intervertebral prosthetic devices into an intervertebral space. In one embodiment, an intervertebral prosthetic disc includes a superior endplate an inferior endplate and at least one protrusion element, wherein at least one of the superior endplate and the inferior endplate is adapted to receive the protrusion element. In another embodiment, the invention includes an intervertebral prosthetic disc having a superior endplate including a core retaining member an inferior endplate including a core retaining member and an asymmetric core positioned between the superior endplate and the inferior endplate, wherein the superior endplate and the inferior endplate are adapted to accommodate the core. The present invention also includes an intervertebral prosthetic disc system that includes an intervertebral prosthetic disc and at least one spring element.
