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Patent Inventor Names
Joseph C. Cauthen0
Date of Patent
April 25, 2006
0Patent Application Number
103927310
Date Filed
March 19, 2003
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A surgical method of repair and reconstruction of the spinal disc wall (annulus) after surgical invasion or pathologic rupture, incorporating suture closure, or stent insertion and fixation, designed to reduce the failure rate of conventional surgical procedures on the spinal discs. The design of the spinal disc annulus stent allows ingrowth of normal cells of healing in an enhanced fashion strengthening the normal reparative process.
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