Artificial intervertebral disc

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2007-06-26

2007-06-26

McDermott, Corrine (Department: 3738)

Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai

Implantable prosthesis

Bone

C623S017140, C623S017150, C623S017160

Reexamination Certificate

active

11037629

ABSTRACT:
The instant invention proposes an artificial intervertebral disc providing for angular displacements between adjacent vertebrae wherein these displacements are accommodated by internal shear in an elastomeric layered element residing between the upper and lower bases attached, respectively, to the upper and lower adjacent vertebrae, without sliding.

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The Random House College Dictionary, copyright 1980, the unabridged edition, p. 760.

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