REPAIR OF SPNAL ANNULAR DEFECTS AND ANNULO-NUCLEOPLASTY REGENERATION

摘要

The invention relates to the repair of spinal annular defects. An appartatus comprises a scaffold comprised of a biodurable, resiliently compressible, elastomeric reticulated composition to obliterate spinal/vertabral connective tissue defects, to obliterate spinal-annular nuclear tissue defects, and for spinal annulo­nucleoplasty regeneration. The apparatus comprises an at least partially cylindrical member.