Title:
脊柱の異常な整列を治療する治療方法及び脊柱の異常な変形を矯正する矯正方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4274701
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A fusionless method of treating spinal deformities in the spine of a child or young adult involves attaching a tether to vertebral bodies on the convex side of the spine. Deformities are treated by using the tether to selectively constrain growth in a portion of the convex side of the spine. One device for tethering the spine is a combination of a strand threaded through channels defined in a set of blocks attached to the vertebral bodies on the convex side of the spine. Another device useful in the method is to attach spinal staples, preferably made of a shape memory alloy, to vertebral bodies, the staples spanning the intervertebral disc space.
Inventors:
Ozilvie, James
Hopf, Christoph
Sherman, Michael Sea
Drury, Troy Dee
Thora, jean
Hopf, Christoph
Sherman, Michael Sea
Drury, Troy Dee
Thora, jean
Application Number:
JP2000613355A
Publication Date:
June 10, 2009
Filing Date:
March 28, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic Incorporated
International Classes:
A61B17/58; A61B17/064; A61B17/70; A61F2/44; A61B17/00; A61B17/56
Domestic Patent References:
| JP7163580A | ||||
| JP7501735A | ||||
| JP8502668A |
Foreign References:
| WO1998017189A1 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuo Shamoto
Shinjiro Ono
Yasushi Kobayashi
Akio Chiba
Hiroyuki Tomita
Shosuke Imai
Masao Hashimoto
Shigeru Sakuma
Fujihiro Kanda
Hiroyuki Uchida
Shigeo Takeuchi
Takami Ito
Akutsu Katsuhisa
Tadashi Masui
Shinjiro Ono
Yasushi Kobayashi
Akio Chiba
Hiroyuki Tomita
Shosuke Imai
Masao Hashimoto
Shigeru Sakuma
Fujihiro Kanda
Hiroyuki Uchida
Shigeo Takeuchi
Takami Ito
Akutsu Katsuhisa
Tadashi Masui