Title:
椎間板の治療装置及び方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4672947
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Intervertebral disc treatment devices and methods are provided. An intervertebral disc treatment device includes a fibrous body sized for introduction into a disc cavity of a damaged disc wherein the body incorporates an effective amount of a tissue growth factor. Intervertebral disc treatment apparatuses are also described that include such a disc treatment device in combination with a delivery apparatus for retaining and selectively releasing the device into the disc cavity. Methods for treatment include providing a disc treatment device as described above and inserting the device into an opening in an annulus fibrous and into the disc cavity. The methods further include stimulating tissue growth within the disc cavity of the intervertebral disc.
Inventors:
McKay, William Eff
Application Number:
JP2001546319A
Publication Date:
April 20, 2011
Filing Date:
December 06, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic Incorporated
International Classes:
A61B17/56; A61F2/44; A61F2/46; A61K9/00; A61K38/00; A61K38/22; A61K38/28; A61K47/32; A61K47/36; A61K47/42; A61L27/00; A61P19/00; A61F2/00; A61F2/28; A61F2/30
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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