Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and instruments for interbody surgical techniques
- Patent Title (中): 体外手术技术的方法和手段
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Application No.: US12807027Application Date: 2010-08-26
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Publication No.: US08142438B2Publication Date: 2012-03-27
- Inventor: Kevin T. Foley , Jeffrey D. Moore , Bradley T. Estes , Mingyan Liu , Loic Josse
- Applicant: Kevin T. Foley , Jeffrey D. Moore , Bradley T. Estes , Mingyan Liu , Loic Josse
- Applicant Address: US IN Warsaw
- Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Warsaw
- Main IPC: A61B17/58
- IPC: A61B17/58 ; A61B17/60 ; A61F2/00
Abstract:
This invention relates to methods and instruments for performing a surgical procedure in a disc space between adjacent vertebrae. The instruments include a distractor and a cutting instrument. In one embodiment the distractor includes a body portion and a pair of flanges extending along opposite sides of the body portion such that a slot is formed between the flanges and the body portion. The cutting instrument is positionable over the body portion and into the slots of the distractor so that the flanges are positioned between the cutting instrument and the adjacent tissue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100331845A1 Methods and instruments for interbody surgical techniques Public/Granted day:2010-12-30
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