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US 2006/0241642 A1Published application
Inserting anterior and posterior spinal prostheses
AssigneeImpliant Ltd.
InventorsUri Arnin, Shai Fleischer
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Abstract
Spinal apparatus including reference structure spatially fixed relative to a plurality of pedicle screws that are mounted in adjacent vertebrae of a patient, and a device connected to the reference structure which is adapted to install an anterior spinal prosthesis, wherein the reference structure defines a spatial relationship between the anterior spinal prosthesis and a posterior spinal prosthesis attached to the pedicle screws.
Claims8
A method for inserting spinal prostheses comprising:
- providing reference structure spatially fixed relative to a plurality of pedicle screws that are mounted in adjacent vertebrae of a patient;
- installing an anterior spinal prosthesis with a device that is connected to said reference structure;
- and
- installing a posterior spinal prosthesis to said pedicle screws, wherein said reference structure defines a spatial relationship between said anterior and posterior spinal prostheses.
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Spinal apparatus comprising:
- reference structure spatially fixed relative to a plurality of pedicle screws that are mounted in adjacent vertebrae of a patient;
- and
- a device connected to said reference structure which is adapted to install an anterior spinal prosthesis, wherein said reference structure defines a spatial relationship between said anterior spinal prosthesis and a posterior spinal prosthesis attached to said pedicle screws.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.