CATHETER IMPLANT DEVICE FOR RESTORING A DAMAGED OR DEGENERATED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC

摘要

The present invention relates to a woven catheter implant device for restoring a damaged or degenerated intervertebral disc. The present invention more specifically relates to an implantable device (1) for the closure, sealing and/or repair of an aperture in a human annulus fibrosus, said implantable device (1) comprising a balloon catheter (3) being insertable into nucleus pulposus of said human fibrosus (2) via a cannula in a non-inflated state and inflatable inside the nucleus pulposus.