System and method for correcting scoliosis
AssigneeTyber Medical LLC
InventorJeffrey Tyber
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Abstract
A wedge has an outer perimeter and includes a top surface extending generally in a first plane and having a top osteointegration surface disposed thereon. A bottom surface extends in a second plane that extends obliquely with respect to the first plane. The first plane intersects the second plane outside the outer perimeter of the implant and includes a bottom osteointegration surface disposed thereon. A plurality of side surfaces extends between the top surface and the bottom surface and defines the outer perimeter, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of side surfaces is devoid of any osteointegration surface.
Claims8
A method for correcting spinal scoliosis in a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a non-adjustable wedge having a generally planar posterior surface and a generally planar lateral surface adjacent to each other, the posterior surface tapering from larger to smaller in a lateral direction and the lateral surface tapering from larger to smaller in an anterior-posterior direction, forming a planar top surface extending obliquely to both the posterior surface and the lateral surface;
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- (b) implanting the wedge into a vertebra in a spine, thereby simultaneously correcting a spinal column that has abnormal curvature into a lateral-to-medial direction as well as in a posterior-to-anterior direction.
A method for correcting spinal scoliosis in a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a non-adjustable wedge having:
- a first generally planar side surface;
- a second generally planar side surface adjacent to the first generally planar side surface, the first generally planar side surface tapering from larger size to a smaller size in a direction toward the second generally planar side surface and the second generally planar side surface tapering from a larger size to a smaller size in a direction away from the first generally planar side surface, the smaller size of the first generally planar side surface being adjacent to the larger size of the second generally planar side surface;
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- a planar top surface extending in a plane oblique to the first generally planar side surface and also oblique to the second generally planar side surface;
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- (b) implanting the wedge into a vertebra in a spine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.