Prosthesis (i.e. – artificial body members) – parts thereof – or ai – Implantable prosthesis – Bone
Patent
1993-09-20
1995-06-20
Willse, David H.
Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai
Implantable prosthesis
Bone
606 61, A61F 244
Patent
active
054257727
ABSTRACT:
Block or plug implants provide weight-bearing support for adjacent vertebrae in a vertebral column while allowing sufficient area between and beside the plugs for packing of autologous bone graft to allow bony healing and fusion. The plugs have a laterally directed slot to allow ingrowth of blood supply from the side and to allow locking the permanent device in place with living bone. The plugs have a patterned surface to grip the vertebrae. Plugs used for fusion in the L4-5 and L5-S1 levels are wedged-shaped to reproduce the normal shape of these discs, which are higher anteriorly than posteriorly. The height of the plugs is greater than the width. The implants are made of a biocompatible carbon fiber reinforced polymer or alternately made of traditional orthopaedic implant materials such as chrome cobalt, stainless steel or titanium. In the surgical procedure, undamaged annulus fibrous disc tissue connecting the adjacent vertebrae is preserved and a pair of side-by-side implant plugs are forced into side-by-side transverse channels in the adjoining vertebrae to stretch the remaining annulus and support body weight applied through the vertebrae. The plugs are bottomed in the channels on cortex bone and bone ingrowth and fusion is facilitated by packing a patient's own graft into the center of the plug and beside and between the two adjacent plugs.
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