A surgical method of repair and reconstruction of the spinal disc wall (annulus) after surgical invasion or pathologic rupture, incorporating suture closure, or stent insertion and fixation, designed to reduce the failure rate of conventional surgical procedures on the spinal discs. The design of the...http://www.google.com/patents/US20020123807?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20020123807 - Spinal disc annulus reconstruction method and spinal disc annulus stent