IMPLANT DEVICE FOR A FACET JOINT AND METHOD FOR FUSING THE FACET JOINT

An implant device for a facet joint includes a wedge portion and an anchor portion. The anchor portion is made integral with the wedge portion so as to form a central opening. The anchor portion includes a first face, a second face, and a lateral rim so as to form a rectangular prism portion. The fi...

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Hauptverfasser:	SROUR, Robin, SROUR, Camille
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 DIAGNOSIS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES SURGERY TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	An implant device for a facet joint includes a wedge portion and an anchor portion. The anchor portion is made integral with the wedge portion so as to form a central opening. The anchor portion includes a first face, a second face, and a lateral rim so as to form a rectangular prism portion. The first face is on a first longest and widest side of the rectangular prism portion. The second face is on a second longest and widest side of the rectangular prism portion. The method of fusing vertebrae with the implant device includes the step of forming a rectangular cavity between an upper vertebra and a lower vertebra. The rectangular cavity has a first longest and widest side on the upper vertebra and a second longest and widest side on the lower vertebra corresponding to the first face and the second face.