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US 2010/0249849 A1Published application
Method for interconnecting longitudinal members extending along a spinal column
AssigneeZimmer Spine, Inc.
InventorTHOMAS SWEENEY
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Abstract
A method of interconnecting first and second longitudinal members extending along a spinal column of a patient includes inserting an access port into the body of the patient. A transverse connector is moved through the access port. A first end of the transverse connector is connected to the first longitudinal member. A second end of the transverse connector is connected to the second longitudinal member.
Claims20
A method of inserting an elongate member for connecting vertebrae of a patient, said method comprising:
- inserting a first access device into a body of the patient at a first location;
- inserting a second access device into the body of the patient at a second location;
- passing a first end of a pulling member through the first access device and out of the second access device such that the first end of the pulling member extends from the second access device and outside the body while a second end of the pulling member extends from the first access device and outside the body;
- removably attaching an elongate member to the second end of the pulling member;
- pulling the first end of the pulling member thereby pulling the elongate member through the first access device;
- and
- connecting the elongate member to first and second vertebrae.
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A method of inserting an elongate member for connecting vertebrae of a patient, said method comprising:
- inserting a first access device into a body of the patient at a first location;
- inserting a second access device into the body of the patient at a second location;
- passing an elongate flexible pulling member through the first access device and out of the second access device such that the pulling member extends from outside the body, through the first and second access devices and outside the body;
- removably attaching an elongate member to one end of the pulling member;
- pulling the other end of the pulling member thereby pulling the elongate member through the first access device;
- and
- connecting the elongate member to first and second vertebrae.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.