Vertebral body replacement apparatus and method

A - Human Necessities – 61 – F

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A61F 2/44 (2006.01)

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CA 2542833

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus for vertebral body replacement and methods associated therewith. In one embodiment, a vertebral body replacement apparatus may be used to correct and stabilize the spine (e.g., the thoracolumbar spine (T1-L5)). In another embodiment, a vertebral body (e.g., a diseased and/or damaged vertebral body) that has been resected or excised (e.g., for the treatment of a tumor or trauma) may be replaced (with the height of the resected or excised vertebral body being substantially replaced and restored by the apparatus of the present invention).

Des modes de réalisation variés de l'invention concernent un appareil pour le remplacement d'un corps vertébral, et des méthodes associées. Dans un mode de réalisation de l'invention, un appareil de remplacement de corps vertébral peut être utilisé pour corriger et pour stabiliser la colonne vertébrale (par exemple, la colonne dorsolombaire (T1-L5)). Dans un autre mode de réalisation de l'invention, un corps vertébral (par exemple, un corps vertébral malade et/ou lésé) ayant subi une résection ou une excision (par exemple, pour le traitement d'une tumeur ou d'un traumatisme) peut être remplacé (la hauteur du corps vertébral ayant subi une résection ou une excision étant sensiblement remplacée et restaurée par l'appareil de l'invention).

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