Interverbebral prosthesis giving rotatory and...

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CA 2139512

A prosthesis including (a) a flexible ligament (1) with a first narrowed thinner portion (2) and a second wider portion (3) forming an extension of, and having a greater width and thickness (e2) than, said first portion, which portion may be passed around the spinous processes (12) of two adjacent vertebrae (L5, L4) in a figure of eight pattern, whereas the second portion circles around said processes; (b) a semi-flexible inter-process block (6) with two pairs of through-channels (7, 8) having differing cross-sections and receiving the respective portions of the ligament; and (c) members (4, 5) for joining the ends of the ligament. Said prosthesis prevents sagittal and frontal lumbar vertebral rotational instability.

2139512 9401057 PCTABS00165 Cette prothèse comprend: (a) un ligament souple (1) comportant une première partie mince (2) de faible largeur et de faible épaisseur, et une seconde partie large (3) dans le prolongement de la première, de largeur et d'épaisseur (e2) supérieures à celles de la première partie, laquelle est destinée à permettre un laçage en 8 autour des épineuses (12) de deux vertèbres contiguës (L5, L4), tandis que la seconde partie est adaptée pour effectuer un cerclage péri-épineux; (b) une cale interépineuse (6) semi-souple, dans laquelle sont percées deux paires de canaux traversants (7, 8) de sections différentes, adaptés pour le passage des deux parties respectives du ligament; (c) des moyens (4, 5) pour fermer le ligament sur lui-même. Cette prothèse permet de supprimer l'instabilité rotatoire sagittale et frontale vertébrale lombaire.

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