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FIGURE 12.8 (A) Two CoCr alloy endplates and UHMWPE core of the Mobidisc (B) Design of mobile UHMWPE core, illustrating the lateral wings and (C) Design of inferior CoCr endplate, illustrating the stops which provide antirotational and translational constraint for the mobile core. Reprinted with permission from LDR Spine. 

FIGURE 12.12 The Mobi-C cervical disc replacement. Reprinted with permission from LDR Spine. 

The author is indebted to Frank Chan, PhD, Medtronic Spinal and Biologies, for his encouragement, assistance with locating figures, and many helpful discussions related to total disc arthroplasty, without which this chapter would not have been possible. Thanks to Hassan Serhan, PhD, DePuy Spine, Inc., for feedback about the CHARITE and Discover designs. Thanks to Noah Bartsch, LDR Spine, for helpful discussions and for providing the images for the Mobidisc and Mobi-C for this chapter. 

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