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AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorsKeith E. Miller, Richard Quinn Brown
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An assembly for remotely manipulating a patient's spine. A compressor/distractor mechanism attaches to spinal anatomy or vertebral screws on adjacent vertebrae at a spinal surgical site on a patient's spine. A flexible cable is operatively connected to the compressor/distractor mechanism and to a control mechanism. The control mechanism manipulates the flexible cable, controlling the compressor/distractor mechanism to compress or distract the vertebrae. A rotatable surgical table with a remote control can be used in place of the compressor/distractor mechanism and the control mechanism. The rotatable surgical table can rotate the patient to place the spinal surgical site in a desired compressed or distracted position, and to place the patient in a desired orientation with respect to a horizontal reference plane. The assembly permits manipulation of the spine at the surgical site via a posterior approach, while the surgeon can also manipulate the spine at the surgical site via an anterior, lateral or oblique approach.
A spinal manipulating assembly for manipulating a patient's spine at a spinal surgical site in the patient, the spinal manipulating assembly comprising:
A method of remotely manipulating a patient's spine at a spinal surgical site, the method comprising:
A spinal manipulating assembly comprising:
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