Novel Medical Device Patent Portfolio for Posterolateral Lumbar Disc Arthroplasty Offered for Sale by ICAP Patent Brokerage (press release)
Key attributes of the patents are:
Maintain and re-tension of the ALL, the PLL, and the annulus
Maintain the supraspinous ligament and interspinous ligaments
Unload the facets
Works with or without facets
Allows for hyper mobile segment
Accommodates various disc heights and stages of degeneration
Offers axial dampening and stress shielding to adjacent levels
ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP plc and the world's largest intellectual property brokerage and patent auction firm, is offering for sale a novel medical device patent portfolio related to the burgeoning field of Posterolateral Lumbar Disc Arthroplasty (PLDA). The portfolio includes a family of patents that covers both the device and methods of implantation.
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Developed and patented by Rush E. Simonson, a well-known and respected spinal industry executive, the medical device portfolio presents a surgical method for replacing damaged fibrocartilage between vertebrae in a patient's spine. A commercial prototype ...
