The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
发明人:
Kim, Daniel H.
申请号:
AU2005295212
公开号:
AU2005295212B2
申请日:
2005.10.20
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2012
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 configurationand a deployed configuration, wherein the spacer has axial and radial dimensionsfor positioning between the spinous processes of adjacent vertebrae. The systemsinclude one or more spacers and a mechanical actuation means for delivering anddeploying the spacer. The methods involve the implantation of one or more spacerswithin the interspinous space.