ARTIFICIAL SPINAL IMPLANTS

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
TOP NOTCH	DEPUY SYNTHES, INC.	700 Orthopaedic Drive Warsaw IN 46582	Artificial spinal implants, surgical instruments for use in the implantation of spinal implants;
TORO	Integrity Implants Inc.	Suite 100 354 Hiatt Drive Palm Beach Gardens FL 33418	artificial spinal implants, namely, expandable intervertebral fusion cages for use in spinal surgery, and surgical instruments for use in inserting the aforesaid implants;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

An artificial functional spinal unit is provided comprising, generally, an expandable artificial intervertebral implant that can be placed via a posterior surgical approach and used in conjunction with one or more artificial facet joints to provide an anatomically correct range of motion. Expandable artificial intervertebral implants in both lordotic and non-lordotic designs are disclosed, as well as lordotic and non-lordotic expandable cages for both PLIF (posterior lumber interbody fusion) and TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion) procedures. The expandable implants may have various shapes, such as round, square, rectangular, banana-shaped, kidney-shaped, or other similar shapes. By virtue of their posteriorly implanted approach, the disclosed artificial FSU's allow for posterior decompression of the neural elements, reconstruction of all or part of the natural functional spinal unit, restoration and maintenance of lordosis, maintenance of motion, and restoration and maintenance of disc space height.