Daniel H. Kim;Shawn Tebbe;Moti Altarac;J. Christopher Flaherty
发明人:
Moti Altarac,Shawn Tebbe,Daniel H. Kim,J. Christopher Flaherty
申请号:
US13442751
公开号:
US09039742B2
申请日:
2012.04.09
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要:
Devices, systems and methods for dynamically stabilizing the spine are provided. The devices include an expandable spacer having an undeployed configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein the spacer has axial and radial dimensions for positioning between the spinous processes of adjacent vertebrae. The systems include one or more spacers and a mechanical actuation means for delivering and deploying the spacer. The methods involve the implantation of one or more spacers within the interspinous space.