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US 12,653,583 B2Granted
Spine surgery device and method
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorMarshall E. Stauber
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Abstract
A surgical connector useful to link spine rods together. The connector may be used adjacent a pair of mounting screws in one vertebra to limit movement between the screws or may be used to apply a lateral force to a portion of the spine to change curvature. A method of performing spinal surgery is also provided to reinforce a patient's spine.
Claims20
A method of performing spinal surgery, the method comprising:
- providing access to a posterior of the spine;
- securing a first rod between a first pair screw mounts;
- securing a second rod between a second pair of screw mounts, wherein the second rod is positioned on an opposite side of the spine as the first rod, and wherein the first rod and second rod are longitudinal with respect to the spine;
- connecting a first hook to the first rod in a position between the first pair of screw mounts;
- connecting a second hook to the second rod in a position between the second pair of screw mounts, wherein a flexible connector extends between the first hook and the second hook and transverse with respect to the first rod and the second rod;
- applying tension to the flexible connector;
- and
- mounting a rigid connector to the first hook and the second hook to fix the spacing between the first and second hooks, wherein the rigid connector has an upper surface facing away from the first and second hooks, a lower surface facing toward the first and second hooks wherein at least one of the first or second side surfaces of the rigid connector includes a channel to receive at least a portion of the flexible connector to limit vertical movement of the flexible connector.
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A method of performing spinal surgery, the method comprising:
- securing a first rod between a first pair screw mounts;
- securing a second rod between a second pair of screw mounts, wherein the second rod is positioned on an opposite side of the spine as the first rod, and wherein the first rod and second rod are longitudinal with respect to the spine;
- connecting a first hook having a first throat to the first rod;
- connecting a second hook having a second throat to the second rod, wherein a flexible connector extends between the first hook and the second hook;
- applying tension to the flexible connector and transverse with respect to the first rod and the second rod;
- and
- mounting a non-resilient connector to the first hook and the second hook.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.