Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for percutaneously attaching a cross connector to contralateral spinal constructs
- Patent Title (中): 将交叉连接器经皮连接到对侧脊柱构造物的方法
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Application No.: US13470413Application Date: 2012-05-14
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Publication No.: US08740950B2Publication Date: 2014-06-03
- Inventor: Scott McLean , Tim E. Adamson
- Applicant: Scott McLean , Tim E. Adamson
- Applicant Address: US CT Shelton
- Assignee: Spine Wave, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Spine Wave, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Shelton
- Agency: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/88
- IPC: A61B17/88

Abstract:
Methods and techniques for attaching a cross connector to a pair of contralaterally implanted spinal rods in a patient are disclosed. In one arrangement, the cross connector is subcutaneously placed to interconnect contralaterally to a pair of rod connectors that are percutaneously attached respectively to a pair of rods in existing spinal constructs implanted on opposite sides of spine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130150896A1 METHODS FOR PERCUTANEOUSLY ATTACHING A CROSS CONNECTOR TO CONTRALATERAL SPINAL CONSTRUCTS Public/Granted day:2013-06-13
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