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Artificial ligament for the spine
Assignee: IMPACT
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Filing: 1992-03-17
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Granted: 1993-01-19
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Expires: 2012-03-17
Abstract
Abstract An artificial ligament for the spine is fixed by pedicle screws on two vertebrae of the spinal column and has first and second hollow eyelets, of general diabolo shape, each one including a concave seat intended to receive the head of the fixation screw; a body haivng a narrowed area; a convex hump complementing the concave seat and intended to be directed towards the vertebrae. The artificial ligament itself is made of a flexible textile material having a longitudinal primary winding arranged in figure eight formation between the narrowed areas of two successive eyelets and a transverse secondary winding arranged in contiguous spirals around the primary winding.
Inventors
- 👤 Jacques Commarmond
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 09:42
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/56; A61B17/58; A61B17/68; A61B17/70; A61B17/7001; A61B17/7002; A61B17/7004; A61B17/7007; A61B17/7019; A61B17/7026; A61B17/7028; A61B17/7062; A61B17/7064; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S606/00; Y10S606/907; Y10S606/91
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
Artificial ligament (i) for the spine, intended to be fixed by pedicle screws on two vertebrae (31, 33) of the spinal column (30), characterized in that it consists of: a first hollow eyelet (1, 1', 1") and a second hollow eyelet (10, 10', 10"), of general diabolo shape, each one comprising in order: a concave seat (3) intended to receive the head of the fixation screw; a body (4) having a narrowed area (5); a convex hump (6) complementing the concave seat (3) and intended to be directed towards the vertebra (31-37); an artificial ligament proper, made of a flexible textile material, consisting of: a longitudinal primary winding (20) arranged in figure of eight formation between the narrowed areas (5, 15) of two successive eyelets (1, 10); a transverse secondary winding (25) arranged in contiguous spirals around the primary winding (20).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
Artificial ligament (i) for the spine, intended to be fixed by pedicle screws on two vertebrae (31, 33) of the spinal column (30), characterized in that it consists of: a first hollow eyelet (1, 1', 1") and a second hollow eyelet (10, 10', 10"), of general diabolo shape, each one comprising in order: a concave seat (3) intended to receive the head of the fixation screw; a body (4) having a narrowed area (5); a convex hump (6) complementing the concave seat (3) and intended to be directed towards the vertebra (31-37); an artificial ligament proper, made of a flexible textile material, consisting of: a longitudinal primary winding (20) arranged in figure of eight formation between the narrowed areas (5, 15) of two successive eyelets (1, 10); a transverse secondary winding (25) arranged in contiguous spirals around the primary winding (20).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
Artificial ligament for the spine according to claim 1, characterized in that the eyelets (1, 10) are made of metal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
Artificial ligament for the spine according to claim 1, characterized in that the hollow eyelets (1, 10) are made of metal selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, titanium alloy, chromium steel/cobalt.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
Artificial ligament for the spine according to claim 1, characterized in that the inner longitudinal primary winding (20) and the outer transverse secondary winding (25) are formed by a braiding of multifilaments of retracted polyester.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
Artificial ligament for the spine according to claim 1, characterized in that the ligament also comprises a strut (40) which is adapted to bear on one side of the vertebra (37) and on the other side of the convex hump (16") in the eyelet (10").
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