Adjustable intervertebral implant

• Main Authors: EVANS DAVID E, WOODBURN WILLIAM N, PEPE TOM, MCDONOUGH WILLIAM, KEPHART DOUGLAS S
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 03.08.2011
• Subjects: 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

An adjustable intervertebral implant (100) for implantation into a patient's shine in-between first and second adjacent or neighboring vertebrae. The implant may include one or more of the following features : (i) inner (110) and outer (115) members coupled by a radiographically imageable expan...