Posterior oblique lumbar arthrodesis

US7033392B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Zimmer Spine, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Daniel G. Schmiel · Edina, US
• Rodney L. Houfburg · Prior Lake, US
• Daniel McPhillips · Ham Lake, US
• William C. Welch · Franklin Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 2, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 25, 2006
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S606/914
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Instruments and methods for spinal stabilization are disclosed. In preferred embodiments, the invention provides greater stabilization of vertebral bodies through methods including combinations of external fixation systems and intervertebral implants to provide greater fusion stability, greater motion segment stability, faster fusion, reduced pain, reduced chance of migration, reduced chance of subsidence, etc.