1. A spinal stabilization device, comprising:
a flexible member having opposite edges spaced from one another along an axis with a length sized for attachment between first and second vertebrae, said flexible member including a mesh pattern comprising a first layer including a number of square shaped apertures relative to the axis extending through said first layer and a second layer including a number of diamond shaped apertures relative to the axis extending through said second layer.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein said first layer includes a number of vertically oriented components paralleling said axis and a number of horizontally oriented components attached to said vertically oriented components and said second layer includes a number of first and second diagonal components extending transversely to and attached to one another, said first and second diagonal components being obliquely oriented to said axis.
3. The device of claim 2, wherein said vertically and horizontally oriented components are interwoven with one another and said diagonally oriented components are interwoven with one another.
4. The device of claim 2, wherein said first layer and said second layer are placed one on top of the other for attachment to the adjacent vertebrae.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein said flexible member is flexible in compression and substantially inelastic in tension.
6. The device of claim 1, further comprising grommets positioned adjacent said opposite ends for securing said first and second layers to one another, said grommets each defining a hole for receiving a fastener.
7. The device of claim 1, wherein said opposite edges define horizontal edges of said mesh pattern and said mesh pattern further includes vertical edges extending between said horizontal edges, said mesh pattern further including rounded corners transitioning between said vertical and horizontal edges.
8. A spinal stabilization device, comprising:
a flexible member having opposite ends spaced from one another along an axis with a length sized for attachment between first and second vertebrae, said flexible member including a mesh pattern comprising a single layer including a number of openings extending therethrough between opposing surfaces, at least a portion of said number of openings being defined by at least one of a plurality of vertical components of said mesh pattern extending along said axis and at least one of a plurality of first diagonal components of said mesh pattern that are obliquely oriented to said axis and said vertical components.
9. The device of claim 8, wherein said mesh pattern further comprises a plurality of second diagonal components obliquely oriented to said axis and transversely oriented to said plurality of first diagonal components, wherein at least one of said first and second diagonal components extends along a side of each of said number of openings.
10. The device of claim 9, wherein said mesh pattern further comprises a plurality of horizontal components extending along a side of each of said number of openings.
11. The device of claim 10, wherein said vertical components, said first and second diagonal components and said horizontal components are interwoven.
12. The device of claim 8, further comprising at least one grommet positioned adjacent each of said opposite ends, said grommets each defining a hole through said mesh pattern for receiving a fastener.
13. The device of claim 8, wherein said vertical components and said horizontal components are made from wire.
14. The device of claim 8, wherein said layer includes anti-adhesive material to prevent tissue attachment thereto.
15. A device for spinal stabilization, comprising:
a first member extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite first and second ends, said first and second ends being spaced by a length sized for attachment to first and second vertebrae;
a second member extending along said longitudinal axis between opposite first and second ends, said first and second ends being spaced by a length sized for attachment to first and second vertebrae, wherein said first and second members are spaced from one another on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis;
at least one diagonal member obliquely oriented to said longitudinal axis and extending between said first end of said first member and said second end of said second member; and
a first fastener extending through said diagonal member and said first end of said first member and a second fastener extending through said diagonal member and said second end of said second member.
16. The device of claim 15, further comprising at least one second diagonal member obliquely oriented to said longitudinal axis and extending between said second end of said first member and said first end of said second member.
17. The device of claim 16, further comprising a third fastener extending through said second diagonal member and said second end of said first member and a fourth fastener extending through said second diagonal member and said first end of said second member.
18. The device of claim 15, wherein said first member, said second member and said at least one diagonal member are comprised of a soft fabric material.
19. The device of claim 18, wherein said soft fabric material is a polymeric material.
20. The device of claim 15, wherein said first member, said second member and said at least one diagonal member are flexible in compression and inelastic in tension.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
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11. A method for transmitting data bits between at least one subscriber station and a transmitter in a radio communication system, comprising:
transmitting each data bit from a transmitter on at least two different units of a first radio resource; and
spreading the data bits at the transmitter for every unit of the first radio resource, such that every data bit is multiplied by a respective code matrix from a group of code matrices, the group being the same for the units of the first radio resource, wherein
the lines of the code matrices respectively represent a spreading code relating to a second radio resource and the columns of the code matrices respectively represent a spreading code relating to a third radio resource,
there are at least first and second groups of code matrices used for spreading, each group containing the same number of code matrices,
for every group of code matrices the sum of the autocorrelations of all code matrices is not equal to zero only in the case of vanishing two-dimensional displacement,
within the first and second groups, each matrix is numbered,
each matrix in the first group has a matrix in the second group to which it is paired, the paired matrices corresponding based on matrix numbering,
for each pair of groups, the sum of cross-correlations of all matrices that correspond due to their numbering is equal to zero for vanishing and non-vanishing two-dimensional displacement, and
every data bit is transmitted on the at least two different units of the first radio resource, in combination with a plurality of units of the second radio resource defined by the spreading and with a plurality of units of the third radio resource defined by the spreading.
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the first, second, and third radio resources are each different and are each independently selected from the group consisting of frequency, time and space.
13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the code matrices used for spreading are derived using a formula from one or more sets of groups of vectors, such that:
there are at least first and second groups of vectors containing the same number of vectors,
for every group of vectors the sum of the autocorrelations of all vectors is not equal to zero only in the case of vanishing one-dimensional displacement,
within the first and second groups, each vector is numbered,
each vector in the first group has a vector in the second group to which it is paired, the paired vectors corresponding based on vector numbering, and
for each pair of groups the sum of cross-correlations of all vectors that correspond due to their numbering is equal to zero for vanishing and non-vanishing displacement within each set of groups of vectors.
14. The method according to claim 11, wherein a mutually different group of code matrices is allocated to at least two subscriber stations of the radio communication system.
15. The method according to claim 14, wherein a group of code matrices and second andor third radio resources is allocated to at least one subscriber station.
16. The method according to claim 11, wherein every data bit for every unit of the first radio resource is transmitted on the same or mutually corresponding units, of the second and third radio resources.
17. The method according to claim 11, wherein the units of the second radio resource used in combination with the units of the third radio resource for transmission of at least two successive data bits for at least one unit of the first radio resource partially overlap.
18. The method according to claim 11, wherein the units of the second radio resource used in combination with the units of the third radio resource for transmission of at least two successive data bits for at least one unit of the first radio resource are defined according to a pattern on the transmitter side.
19. The method according to claim 11, wherein correlations between the received spread data bits and a code matrix of the group used on the transmitter side and summation of correlation results over the different units of the first radio resource are carried out on the receiver side for the at least two different units of the first radio resource.
20. The method according to claim 13, wherein a mutually different group of code matrices is allocated to at least two subscriber stations of the radio communication system.
21. The method according to claim 20, wherein a group of code matrices and second andor third radio resources is allocated to at least one subscriber station.
22. The method according to claim 21, wherein every data bit for every unit of the first radio resource is transmitted on the same or mutually corresponding units, of the second and third radio resources.
23. The method according to claim 22, wherein the units of the second radio resource used in combination with the units of the third radio resource for transmission of at least two successive data bits for at least one unit of the first radio resource partially overlap.
24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the units of the second radio resource used in combination with the units of the third radio resource for transmission of at least two successive data bits for at least one unit of the first radio resource are defined according to a pattern on the transmitter side.
25. The method according to claim 24, wherein correlations between the received spread data bits and a code matrix of the group used on the transmitter side and summation of correlation results over the different units of the first radio resource are carried out on the receiver side for the at least two different units of the first radio resource.
26. A transmit device for transmitting data bits to a receiver in a radio communication system, comprising:
a transmit unit to transmit each data bit on at least two different units of a first radio resource; and
means for spreading the data bits at the transmitter for every unit of the first radio resource, such that every data bit is multiplied by a respective code matrix from a group of code matrices, the group being the same for the units of the first radio resource, wherein
the lines of the code matrices respectively represent a spreading code relating to a second radio resource and the columns of the code matrices respectively represent a spreading code relating to a third radio resource,
there are at least first and second groups of code matrices used for spreading, each group containing the same number of code matrices,
for every group of code matrices the sum of the autocorrelations of all code matrices is not equal to zero only in the case of vanishing two-dimensional displacement,
within the first and second groups, each matrix is numbered,
each matrix in the first group has a matrix in the second group to which it is paired, the paired matrices corresponding based on matrix numbering, and
for each pair of groups, the sum of cross-correlations of all matrices that correspond due to their numbering is equal to zero for vanishing and non-vanishing two-dimensional displacement,
the transmit device further comprises means for transmitting every data bit on the at least two different units of the first radio resource in combination with a plurality of units of the second radio resource predefined by the spreading and a plurality of units of the third radio resource defined by the spreading.
27. A receive device for processing data bits transmitted according to the method according to claim 11, comprising:
means for calculating correlations respectively for the at least two different units of the first radio resource between the received spread data bits and one of the codematrices used on the transmitter side; and
means for calculating sums of correlation results over the different units of the first radio resource.