US 12,279,963 B2
Percutaneous implantable nuclear prosthesis
Nadi S. Hibri, San Antonio, TX (US); and James D. Lutz, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to SPINAL STABILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by Spinal Stabilization Technologies LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on May 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/310,478.
Application 16/396,042 is a division of application No. 14/932,242, filed on Nov. 4, 2015, granted, now 10,314,714.
Application 18/310,478 is a continuation of application No. 16/396,042, filed on Apr. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,638,649.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/074,925, filed on Nov. 4, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099854 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); B29C 41/14 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/441 (2013.01) [A61F 2/3094 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); B29C 41/14 (2013.01); B29C 45/14 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30092 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30235 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30242 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30586 (2013.01); A61F 2002/444 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable prosthetic device comprising:
an inner inflatable enclosure having a first opening and a second opening generally opposite of the first opening;
an outer inflatable enclosure having a first opening and a second opening generally opposite of the first opening of the outer inflatable enclosure, the outer inflatable enclosure encapsulating the inner inflatable enclosure;
a valve assembly sealingly coupled to the first opening of the outer inflatable enclosure and the first opening of the inner inflatable enclosure, the valve assembly being configured to allow independent inflation of the outer and inner inflatable enclosures; and
a plug sealingly coupled to the second opening of the inner inflatable enclosure and the second opening of the outer inflatable enclosure.