Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for performing a procedure at a spinal location
- Patent Title (中): 用于在脊柱位置执行手术的系统
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Application No.: US10689487Application Date: 2003-10-20
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Publication No.: US08277486B2Publication Date: 2012-10-02
- Inventor: Thomas W. Davison
- Applicant: Thomas W. Davison
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Zimmer Spine, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zimmer Spine, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Seager Tufte & Wickhem LLC
- Main IPC: A61B17/70
- IPC: A61B17/70
Abstract:
A method of fixing vertebrae of a patient together at a surgical site includes the following steps: inserting a first cannula (10) into the body (130) of the patient; moving a first fastener (624) through the cannula (10) and securing the first fastener (624) to a first vertebrae (601); moving a second fastener (624) through the cannula (10) and securing the second fastener (624) to a second vertebrae (602); moving a first fixation element (650) through the cannula (10); and fixing the first fixation element (650) to the first and second fasteners (624).
Public/Granted literature
- US20040082960A1 Method of securing vertebrae Public/Granted day:2004-04-29
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