Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method of spinal implant and fusion
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Application No.: US15220795Application Date: 2016-07-27
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Publication No.: US09861496B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Jeffrey B. Kleiner
- Applicant: Jeffrey B. Kleiner
- Agency: Sheridan Ross P.C.
- Main IPC: A61F2/44
- IPC: A61F2/44 ; A61F2/46 ; A61F2/30 ; A61L27/54 ; A61B17/02 ; A61B17/064 ; A61B17/16 ; A61B17/70 ; A61B17/84 ; A61B17/86 ; A61L24/04 ; A61L24/12 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B17/34 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/92

Abstract:
An apparatus and method of performing a minimally invasive posterior spine fusion. More specifically an apparatus with a handle and a forked head on the distal end of the handle is used to grasp implant material and introduce the material to an implant site. The shaft of the apparatus is shaped so as to allow the affixation of a drill guide and drill while simultaneously holding the implant material in the implant site. After removal of the boring tools and assembly of the fusing element, the apparatus can be selectively removed from the implant site. A method of achieving facet joint fusion with near simultaneous fixation is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170027713A1 Apparatus and Method of Spinal Implant and Fusion Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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