Multi-joint implant

A - Human Necessities – 61 – F

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A61F 2/44 (2006.01)

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CA 2571784

Methods and devices are provided for repairing or replacing damaged, injured, diseased, or otherwise unhealthy posterior elements, such as the facet joints, the lamina, the posterior ligaments, and/or other features of a patient~s spinal column. In one exemplary embodiment, and implant is provided having an anterior portion that is adapted to be positioned between adjacent vertebrae and a posterior portion that is adapted to be positioned around a spinal cord and to couple to a posterior surface of at least one adjacent vertebra. In use, the implant can allow the adjacent vertebrae to move relative to one another, thereby restoring normal function to the vertebrae.

Procédés et dispositifs de réparation ou de remplacement d'éléments endommagés, blessés, malades ou d'autres éléments postérieurs morbides, tels que des facettes articulaires, des laminas postérieurs et/ou d'autres aspects de la colonne vertébrale d'un patient. Dans un mode de réalisation, un implant comportant une partie antérieure est adapté pour être placé entre les vertèbres adjacentes et une partie postérieure adaptée pour entourer la moelle épinière et pour se coupler à une surface postérieure d'au moins une vertèbre adjacente. L'implant permet aux vertèbres adjacentes de se déplacer les unes par rapport aux autres, restaurant ainsi la fonction normale des vertèbres.

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