Expandable Vertebral Body Implants Including Shape-Memory Materials and Methods of Use

A vertebral implant for insertion into a patient includes a tubular member extending along a longitudinal axis and includes a first region comprised of a shape-memory material. The first region includes a first longitudinal height when the implant is maintained at a temperature below a threshold tem...

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Hauptverfasser:	PETERMAN MARC, WAUGH LINDSEY GARDNER, EDIE JASON A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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