Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Percutaneous posterolateral spine fusion
- Patent Title (中): 经皮后外侧脊柱融合
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Application No.: US11650096Application Date: 2007-01-05
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Publication No.: US08486077B1Publication Date: 2013-07-16
- Inventor: Ezriel E. Kornel
- Applicant: Ezriel E. Kornel
- Agency: Pryor Cashman LLP
- Agent Andrew S. Langsam
- Main IPC: A61B17/56
- IPC: A61B17/56 ; A61B17/32

Abstract:
A method, tools, and system for performing a percutaneous or minimally invasive spine fusion procedure are provided. A trocar and then dilator are used to create a channel for a hollow and longitudinally slit delivery tube. The method includes inserting a decorticator, such as a rasp, via a delivery tube, decorticating a first region of a first bone associated with a spine, and pushing a bone fusion substance via the delivery tube to the region to fuse the first region with a second region of a second bone associated with the spine. The spine fusion may be a posterolateral fusion and the first region may be a transverse process region of a lumber spine. The bone fusion substance may be pushed using a pusher instrument inserted into the delivery tube, and the delivery tube may be removed while the pusher instrument is held in place to direct the bone fusion substance.
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