Patents Assigned to BVI Holdings, LLC
  • Patent number: 7931675
    Abstract: Spine stabilization devices, systems and methods are provided in which a single resilient member or spring is disposed on an elongate element that spans two attachment members attached to different spinal vertebrae. The elongate element passes through at least one of the two attachment members, permitting relative motion therebetween, and terminates in a stop or abutment. A second resilient member is disposed on the elongate element on an opposite side of the sliding attachment member, e.g., in an overhanging orientation. The two resilient members are capable of applying mutually opposing urging forces, and a compressive preload can be applied to one or both of the resilient members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignees: Yale University, BVI Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Manohar M. Panjabi, Jens Peter Timm, George Malcolmson, II