INTERVERTEBRAL DISC RESTORATION

An intervertebral disc implant (10) includes an envelope (12) of a stretchable and elastically deformable elastomeric material. The envelope includes an attaching formation (74) for attachment of an introducer (76) to enable the envelope, in a collapsed state, to be introduced into a volume of an in...

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Hauptverfasser: DIWAN ASHISH, MILIJASEVIC ZORAN, APPLEYARD RICHARD CHARLES
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Zusammenfassung:An intervertebral disc implant (10) includes an envelope (12) of a stretchable and elastically deformable elastomeric material. The envelope includes an attaching formation (74) for attachment of an introducer (76) to enable the envelope, in a collapsed state, to be introduced into a volume of an intervertebral disc that has undergone a nucleotomy. A filler material (14) is receivable in the envelope via the introducer to cause the envelope to expand elastically to conform substantially to the volume in which the envelope is received.