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Research ArticleNUCLEUS REPLACEMENT
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Mechanical and Biomechanical Characterization of a Polyurethane Nucleus Replacement Device Injected and Cured In Situ Within a Balloon

Anthony Tsantrizos, Nathaniel R. Ordway, Khin Myint, Erik Martz and Hansen A. Yuan
International Journal of Spine Surgery January 2008, 2 (1) 28-39; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/SASJ-2007-0113-RR
Anthony Tsantrizos
aDisc Dynamics, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minnesota
MSc, PhD
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Nathaniel R. Ordway
bDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
MS, PE
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Khin Myint
aDisc Dynamics, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minnesota
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Erik Martz
aDisc Dynamics, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minnesota
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Hansen A. Yuan
bDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
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vol. 2 no. 1 28-39
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1016/SASJ-2007-0113-RR

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2211-4599
History 
  • Received August 30, 2007
  • Accepted November 28, 2007
  • Published online January 1, 2008.

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Copyright SAS - Spine Arthroplasty Society 2008 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Anthony Tsantrizos, MSc, PhDa,
  2. Nathaniel R. Ordway, MS, PEb,
  3. Khin Myinta,
  4. Erik Martz, MSca

    Anthony Tsantrizos, Khin Myint, and Erik Martz are employees of Disc Dynamics, Inc., the manufacturer of the device used in this study.

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  5. Hansen A. Yuan, MDb
  1. aDisc Dynamics, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minnesota
  2. bDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
  1. Address correspondence to Anthony Tsantrizos, Disc Dynamics, Inc., 9600 West 76th Street, Suite T, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, 55344. (email: atsantrizos{at}discdyn.com)
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Anthony Tsantrizos, Nathaniel R. Ordway, Khin Myint, Erik Martz, Hansen A. Yuan
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