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US 2006/0217811 A1Published application
Method of performing a procedure within a disc
AssigneeIntrinsic Therapeutics, Inc.
InventorsGregory Lambrecht, Robert Moore, Jacob Einhorn
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to intervertebral disc devices and methods and instrumentation for intervertebral disc procedures. Methods include performing procedures such as implant delivery, tissue manipulation, tissue diagnostics, and therapeutic and diagnostic agent delivery at selected locations within intervertebral discs.
Claims27
A method of performing a procedure within an intervertebral disc comprising:
- identifying a first depth corresponding to an inner surface of an anulus lamella of a selected intervertebral disc;
- providing a surgical device comprising a depth stop, a proximal end and a distal end;
- inserting at least a portion of the device within the anulus along a first axis such that said depth stop is placed against an outer surface of a functional spinal unit and the distal end of said device is inserted to a second depth relative to said first;
- and
- performing the procedure.
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A method of performing a procedure on an intervertebral disc comprising:
- providing a therapeutic device comprising a distal intradiscal component located at a distal end of said device;
- advancing at least a portion of the distal end of the therapeutic device into the disc;
- retracting at least a portion of the device such that at least a portion of the intradiscal component is placed against an inner surface of an anular lamella;
- and
- performing a procedure with the device on the disc.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.