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US 2006/0235416 A1Published application
Intervertebral connecting elements
AssigneeSDGI Holdings, Inc.
InventorPaul Revis
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Abstract
A system for stabilizing a vertebral joint comprises a connection element adapted to extend through a first vertebral body, through a vertebral endplate of the first vertebral body, through a vertebral endplate of a second vertebral body, and through the second vertebral body.
Claims32
A system for stabilizing a vertebral joint comprising:
- a first connection element adapted to extend through a first pedicle of a first vertebra, through at least a portion of a vertebral body of the first vertebra, and into an endplate of a second vertebra and
- a second connection element adapted to extend through a second pedicle of a first vertebra, through at least a portion of the vertebral body of the first vertebra, and into the endplate of the second vertebra.
A method of stabilizing a vertebral joint between first and second vertebrae, the method comprising:
- creating a first passage through a first pedicle of the first vertebra and into a vertebral body of the first vertebra;
- guiding a first connection element into the first passage and through the vertebral body of the first vertebra;
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- guiding the first connection element into the second vertebra.
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A system for stabilizing a vertebral joint comprising:
- means for connecting a first pedicle of a first vertebra to a vertebral body of a second vertebra and
- means for connecting a second pedicle of the first vertebra to the vertebral body of the second vertebra.
A system for stabilizing a vertebral joint comprising:
- a connection element adapted to extend through a first vertebral body, through a vertebral endplate of the first vertebral body, through a vertebral endplate of a second vertebral body, and through the second vertebral body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.