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Patent Inventor Names
Patrick J. Sweeney0
Date of Patent
April 13, 2010
0Patent Application Number
106197570
Date Filed
July 15, 2003
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention relates to an artificial disc prosthesis system which includes a scaffold assembly and a fusion or disc prosthesis removably retained by the scaffold assembly. The artificial disc prosthesis system facilitates the removal, replacement or upgrade of disc prostheses without the need to remove the entire system from the intervertebral space in which it is disposed. Also provided are disc prostheses suitable for use in the artificial disc prosthesis system.
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