U-SHAPED DISC-SHUNT AND DELIVERY DEVICE
The intervertebral disc contains no blood vessels. Nutrients and waste are diffused mainly through adjacent vertebral bodies. As we age, calcified layers form between the disc and vertebral bodies, blocking diffusion. The disc begins to starve and flatten. The weight shifts abnormally from disc to t...
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Format | Patent |
Language | English French |
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25.03.2014
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