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Transpedicular intervertebral disk access methods and devices

US7828804B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.

Inventors

Lehmann K. Li · Milford, US
George P. Teitelbaum · Santa Monica, US
Samuel M. Shaolian · Newport Beach, US
Michael C. Sherman · Memphis, US
Frank Nguyen · Chino Hills, US
Thanh Van Nguyen · El Monte, US
To V. Pham · Trabuco Canyon, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 2004
Grant date	Nov 9, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T408/8595
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Methods and devices for treating diseases and conditions that change the spacial relationship between the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disks, or that cause instability of the vertebral column, or both, and a method and devices that allow the surgeon to access the intervertebral space to restore a more normal three-dimensional configuration of the space, with or without additionally fusing two adjacent vertebrae.

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