The present invention relates to a chair having a lumber vertebrae support unit on the back to support a lumber vertebrae portion of a user. The chair comprises: first and second lumber vertebrae plates wherein each one end is combined to left and right areas of a frame of the back and ...
are representative of either of the lumbar or thoracic region, such that each includes a pair of superior articular processes (3 for lower vertebrae 2 and 4 for upper vertebrae 1), as well as a further pair of transverse processes (5 for lower vertebrae 2 and 6 for upper vertebrae 1). ...
While the sacral region is an integral part of the spine, for the purposes of fusion surgeries and for this disclosure, the word spine shall refer only to the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions. [0004] Genetic or developmental irregularities, trauma, chronic stress, tumors, and disease are...
lumbar, or sacral. The cervical portion of the spine, which comprises the top of the spine, up to the base of the skull, includes the first 7 vertebrae. The intermediate 12 bones are the thoracic vertebrae, and connect to the lower spine comprising the 5 lumbar vertebrae. The base of th...
A wearable computing device includes a first side portion and a second side portion that partially extend across a shoulder and rest on a front of a user. The device also includes a
The lumbar support apparatus comprises: a support frame having a connection hole; a lumbar support pad; and a forward and backward movement adjustment unit which adjusts a degree of forward or backward movement of the lumbar support pad in a lumbar direction with respect to the support frame ...
6. The apparatus of claim 1, and further comprising means for fusing superior and inferior vertebral bodies in conjunction with the intervertebral cage. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the intervertebral cage is sized and configured for use in a patient's lumbar spine, the apparatus furth...
It would be advantageous to provide an implant for performing IPD procedures that could be percutaneously inserted into the interspinous process space and effectively treat lumbar spinal stenosis. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The subject invention is directed to a new and useful interspinous process implant...
Because of the location of these fragile blood vessels along the anterior aspects of the lumbar vertebrae, no hardware should protrude from between the vertebral bodies and into the great vessels GV and iliac arteries and veins IA-V. Implants for use in human spinal surgery can be made of a...
(e.g., implant 101, integration plate 182), or TLIF fusion (e.g., implant 101a, integration plate 182a); may be used with an implant suitable for cervical fusion (e.g., implant 201, integration plate 282); and may be used with an implant suitable for lateral lumbar insertion (e....