Method of distracting vertebral bones
US6436102B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 16, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2310/00011
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A surgical treatment for distracting vertebral bodies to their proper anatomical spacing including sequentially inserting and removing a series of progressively wider cylindrical spacer elements into the intervertebral space between adjacent vertebral bones until the distance between the vertebral bones is anatomically appropriate.
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