Method and apparatus for treating intervertebral disks

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO RE43434
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10923564

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The method and apparatus as shown in FIGS. 8-10 in which a fluid expandable member (208) is positioned in concentric relation about a needle (202). The fluid expandable member (208) is expanded into the nucleus pulposus potential space bordered by the annulus fibrosus of an intervertebral disk. Then, thermoplastic material in a flowing state is injected by a needle (202) within the annulus fibrosus to collapse the fluid expandable member (208) and occupy the space formerly occupied by the fluid expandable member (208).

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NUVASIVE INC7475 LUSK BOULEVARD SAN DIEGO CA 92121

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Guagliano, Peter A Brooklyn, US 11 1126
Ross, Anthony C John's Island, US 19 1167

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