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Surgical prosthetic implant facilitating vertebral interbody fusion
Assignee: BRANTIGAN W JOHN DR(CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE)
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Filing: 1989-01-04
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Granted: 1989-11-07
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Expires: 2009-01-04
Abstract
Abstract Prosthesis plug implants forming transverse struts between adjacent vertebrae have roughened surfaces receiving bone ingrowth to fuse the plugs on prepared surface sites on opposed faces of adjacent vertebrae and have end faces with tool receiving recesses securing the plug on a tool for insertion on the prepared sites of the vertebrae and for removing the tool from the plug without disturbing its position on the sites. These sites are prepared by feeding a drill through a guide fixed to posterior or anterior sides of adjacent vertebrae to form transverse side-by-side channels including cortex bone in the opposed faces of the adjacent vertebrae and terminating the drilling in advance of the opposite sides of the vertebrae. A plurality of the plug implants are each threaded on the end of the tool surrounded by a sleeve and are inserted endwise in exact position on the prepared side-by-side sites. The sleeve is then pushed into a recess in the end of the plug and firmly held while the tool is unthreaded from the plug to prevent disturbing the exact position of the plug on the prepared sites.
Inventors
- 👤 John W. Brantigan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 23:02
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/30; A61F2/44; A61F2/4455; A61F2/4465; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/16; A61B17/1604; A61B17/1662; A61B17/1671; A61B17/17; A61B17/1739; A61B17/1757; A61B17/56; A61B17/58; A61B17/68; A61B17/686; A61F2/42; A61F2/446; A61F2/447; A61F2/46; A61F2/4603; A61F2/4611; A61B17/70; A61B17/7059; A61B17/84; A61B17/86; A61B90/00; A61B90/39; A61F2/30721; A61F2/30723; A61F2/30767; A61F2/30771; A61F2/3094; A61F2/30965; A61F2/442; A61F2/4684; A61F2/28; A61F2002/2835; A61F2002/2839; A61F2002/30001; A61F2002/30003; A61F2002/3006; A61F2002/3008; A61F2002/30108; A61F2002/3011; A61F2002/30112; A61F2002/30113; A61F2002/30121; A61F2002/30123; A61F2002/30138; A61F2002/30153; A61F2002/30154; A61F2002/30159; A61F2002/30179; A61F2002/30199; A61F2002/30224; A61F2002/30261; A61F2002/30263; A61F2002/3028; A61F2002/30316; A61F2002/30329; A61F2002/30405; A61F2002/30535; A61F2002/30576; A61F2002/30578; A61F2002/30593; A61F2002/30772; A61F2002/30774; A61F2002/30795; A61F2002/30797; A61F2002/308; A61F2002/30805; A61F2002/30836; A61F2002/30841; A61F2002/3085; A61F2002/30904; A61F2002/448; A61F2002/449; A61F2002/4625; A61F2002/4627; A61F2002/4629; A61F2220/00; A61F2220/0025; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0004; A61F2230/0006; A61F2230/0017; A61F2230/0019; A61F2230/0021; A61F2230/0028; A61F2230/0058; A61F2230/0063; A61F2230/0069; A61F2230/0082; A61F2230/0084; A61F2250/00; A61F2250/0058; A61F2250/0096; A61F2250/0098; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00005; A61F2310/00011; A61F2310/00017; A61F2310/00023; A61F2310/00029; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S606/00; Y10S606/907
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
153 words
A prosthetic plug implant for forming a rigid transverse strut between opposed prepared posterior to anterior transversely extending laterally spaced channels in faces of adjacent vertebrae of a vertebral column to maintain the disc space therebetween which comprises at least a pair of laterally spaced side-by-side rigid inert plugs sized and shaped to fit the prepared channels in the faces of the vertebrae and having roughened surfaces on the periphery thereof, said roughened surfaces having irregularities to interlock with the bone of the prepared channels and recesses for receiving bone to facilitate bone ingrowth, and said plugs each having an end face with tool receiving and mounting means extending internally of the plug to secure each plug endwise on the end of a tool for inserting the plug endwise transversely of the axis of the vertebral column in the prepared channels and to accommodate removal of the tool from the plug after insertion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
153 words
A prosthetic plug implant for forming a rigid transverse strut between opposed prepared posterior to anterior transversely extending laterally spaced channels in faces of adjacent vertebrae of a vertebral column to maintain the disc space therebetween which comprises at least a pair of laterally spaced side-by-side rigid inert plugs sized and shaped to fit the prepared channels in the faces of the vertebrae and having roughened surfaces on the periphery thereof, said roughened surfaces having irregularities to interlock with the bone of the prepared channels and recesses for receiving bone to facilitate bone ingrowth, and said plugs each having an end face with tool receiving and mounting means extending internally of the plug to secure each plug endwise on the end of a tool for inserting the plug endwise transversely of the axis of the vertebral column in the prepared channels and to accommodate removal of the tool from the plug after insertion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
184 words
In a vertebral column with adjoining vertebrae bodies having spaced opposed faces with a disc space therebetween, each body having peripheral hard cortex bone surrounding soft cancellous bone and said faces having opposed posterior to anterior transverse prepared channels including said cortex bone, the improvement of at least two laterally spaced side-by-side rigid inert prosthetic plugs transversely spanning the disc space in a posterior to anterior direction with opposite faces bottomed on the bone of the prepared channels and providing a rigid transverse strut maintaining the disc space, a roughened surface on each plug, said roughened surface having barbs for biting into the bone and recesses between the barbs for receiving bone ingrowth to fuse the vertebrae bodies together, each plug having an end face with tool receiving means extending internally of the plug for securing the plug endwise on a first tool to facilitate endwise insertion of the plug in the prepared channels, and said end face having a second tool receiving recess to prevent rotation of the plug during removal of the first tool from the means extending internally of the plug.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
184 words
In a vertebral column with adjoining vertebrae bodies having spaced opposed faces with a disc space therebetween, each body having peripheral hard cortex bone surrounding soft cancellous bone and said faces having opposed posterior to anterior transverse prepared channels including said cortex bone, the improvement of at least two laterally spaced side-by-side rigid inert prosthetic plugs transversely spanning the disc space in a posterior to anterior direction with opposite faces bottomed on the bone of the prepared channels and providing a rigid transverse strut maintaining the disc space, a roughened surface on each plug, said roughened surface having barbs for biting into the bone and recesses between the barbs for receiving bone ingrowth to fuse the vertebrae bodies together, each plug having an end face with tool receiving means extending internally of the plug for securing the plug endwise on a first tool to facilitate endwise insertion of the plug in the prepared channels, and said end face having a second tool receiving recess to prevent rotation of the plug during removal of the first tool from the means extending internally of the plug.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
130 words
A prosthesis for a vertebral column having transverse posterior to anterior prepared channels on opposed faces of adjoining vertebrae and a disc space between the adjoining vertebrae which comprises posterior to anterior laterally spaced side-by-side rigid inert plugs sized and shaped to form transverse posterior to anterior struts bottomed on the prepared channels of the adjoining vertebrae and maintaining a desired disc space between said adjoining vertebrae, each plug having a roughened surface biting into and interlocking with the bone of said prepared channels and providing irregularities to facilitate bone ingrowth from the vertebrae, and each plug having an end face with tool receiving means extending internally of the plug for removeably mounting the plug endwise on a tool to facilitate endwise insertion of the plug on the prepared channels.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
130 words
A prosthesis for a vertebral column having transverse posterior to anterior prepared channels on opposed faces of adjoining vertebrae and a disc space between the adjoining vertebrae which comprises posterior to anterior laterally spaced side-by-side rigid inert plugs sized and shaped to form transverse posterior to anterior struts bottomed on the prepared channels of the adjoining vertebrae and maintaining a desired disc space between said adjoining vertebrae, each plug having a roughened surface biting into and interlocking with the bone of said prepared channels and providing irregularities to facilitate bone ingrowth from the vertebrae, and each plug having an end face with tool receiving means extending internally of the plug for removeably mounting the plug endwise on a tool to facilitate endwise insertion of the plug on the prepared channels.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
63 words
The implant of claim 1, wherein the plug has a rigid biologically inert body and the roughened surfaces are barbs radiating from the body of the plug and having leading faces sloping toward the tool receiving end of the plug to facilitate insertion and to bite into the bone of the prepared channels of the vertebrae and provide extended areas receiving bone ingrowth.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The implant of claim 1, wherein the roughened surfaces are selected from the group consisting of knurled surfaces, pitted surfaces, barbed surfaces, bristle surfaces, and threaded surfaces engaging the prepared channels.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
The implant of claim 1, wherein the roughened surfaces are barbs radiating from the plug periphery and deformable in the direction of insertion of the plug to facilitate insertion on the prepared sites and biting into the prepared sites upon attempted retraction of the plug.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
45 words
The implant of claim 1, wherein the plug is a solid rod having a diameter sufficiently large to engage the hard cortex bone of the vertebrae and a length sufficient to span the soft cancellous bone of the vertebrae without projecting beyond the cortex bone.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The implant of claim 1, wherein the roughened surfaces are on the periphery of a plastics material coating of the plug.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
The implant of claim 3, including a radial slot in the end face radiating from the internally threaded hole.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1992-11-06 | 1993-05-08 | 1993-11-07 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1996-11-06 | 1997-05-08 | 1997-11-07 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2000-11-06 | 2001-05-08 | 2001-11-07 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |