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US 12,575,945 B2Granted
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for spinal fusion
AssigneeSurGenTec, LLC
InventorsTravis Greenhalgh, Andrew Shoup, Bryan Hellriegel
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Abstract
A method for implanting an intrafacet implant includes making an incision, advancing an instrument assembly through the incision and to a facet joint. The instrument assembly includes a guide having a lumen extending therethrough. The method includes anchoring the guide at the facet joint, advancing an intrafacet implant to the facet joint through the guide using an inserter, and countersinking the intrafacet implant within the facet joint using the inserter.
Claims20
A method for implanting an intrafacet implant, comprising:
- making an incision;
- advancing an instrument assembly through the incision and to a facet joint using an intrafacet approach, the instrument assembly comprising a guide having a lumen extending therethrough;
- anchoring the guide at the facet joint;
- advancing a cutting tool through the guide to the facet joint through an entry point between a first articular process and a second articular process and forming a pilot hole using the cutting tool, wherein the pilot hole is formed partially within the first articular process and partially within the second articular process, wherein the cutting tool comprises a distal section of the cutting tool configured to form a distal section of the pilot hole partially within the first articular process and partially within the second articular process and a proximal section of the cutting tool configured to form a proximal section of the pilot hole partially within the first articular process and partially within the second articular process such that a cross-sectional area of the proximal section of the pilot hole is larger than a cross-sectional area of the distal section of the pilot hole;
- advancing the intrafacet implant to the facet joint through the guide using an inserter;
- and
- driving the intrafacet implant into the pilot hole.
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A method for implanting an intrafacet implant, comprising:
- making an incision;
- advancing an instrument assembly through the incision and to a facet joint, the instrument assembly comprising a guide having a lumen extending therethrough;
- anchoring the guide at the facet joint;
- advancing a rasp to the facet joint and decorticating bone of the facet joint with the rasp;
- advancing a drill bit to the facet joint and forming a pilot hole for the intrafacet implant after decorticating bone of the facet joint with the rasp;
- advancing the intrafacet implant to the facet joint through the guide using an inserter;
- and
- countersinking the intrafacet implant within the facet joint using the inserter;
- wherein a rasping surface of the rasp is wider than a width of the drill bit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.