Background: Replacement of a diseased lumbar intervertebral disc with an artificial device,
a procedure known as lumbar total disc replacement (LTDR), has been practiced since the …

In clinical practice, laminectomy is a commonly used procedure for spinal decompression in
patients suffering from spinal disorders such as ossification of ligamentum flavum, lumbar …

Purpose: This study is to reveal the deformation of intervertebral disc (IVD), the stress
distribution of solid phase and liquid phase, the variation of fluid flux and flow velocity in …

Purpose The primary goal of this Policy Statement is to educate patients, physicians,
medical providers, reviewers, adjustors, case managers, insurers, and all others involved or …

Study Design. We selected the materials and implant design and performed Finite Element
Analysis (FEA) studies. Background. Nucleus disc replacements, implanted since 1960 …

Artificial materials including various kinds of polymers like polyurethanes are more and more
widely used in different branches of science and also in biomedical engineering. The paper …

Purpose: The paper describes the process of designing, manufacturing and design
verification of the intervertebral of a new structure of lumbar disc endoprosthesis–INOP/LSP …

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to present the novel model for the functional spinal unit
and spine designed as a rigid mechanism and solve it with methods commonly used in …

Lumbar total disc replacement (LTDR) could be an operation for handling of chronic disc
illness and spinal mutilation to safeguard a range of motion (ROM). The SB Charité™ is the …

In the paper finite element (FE) analysis of implanted lumbar spine segment is presented.
The segment model consists of two lumbar vertebrae L4 and L5 and the prosthesis. The …