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US 2012/0071931 A1Published application
Method for surgically attaching a vertebral laminar reconstructive plate
AssigneeMi4Spine, LLC
InventorsMiguelangelo J. Perez-Cruet, John R. Pepper
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Abstract
A method for attaching a laminar plate to a vertebra during spinal surgery, especially minimally invasive spinal surgery, to reconstruct the lamina of the vertebra after it has been removed during the surgery and prevent bone re-growth material from entering the spinal canal. The laminar plate can be coupled to, or proximate to, and between a facet and the spinous process by screwing the plate to the bone.
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A method for supporting a vertebra, said method comprising:
- removing lamina bone from the vertebra during spinal surgery;
- providing a laminar plate including an elongated center plate portion, a first end portion coupled to a first end of the elongated plate portion and a second end portion coupled to a second end of the elongated plate portion;
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- coupling the laminar plate to the vertebra to cover an opening created by the removed lamina bone.
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A method for supporting a vertebra, said method comprising:
- removing lamina bone from the vertebra during spinal surgery;
- providing a laminar plate including an elongated center plate portion, a first end piece coupled to a first end of the elongated plate portion and a second end piece coupled to a second end of the elongated plate portion, wherein the first end piece is angled other than 180° relative to the elongated center plate portion and the second end piece is angled other than 180° relative to the elongated center plate portion;
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- coupling the laminar plate to the vertebra to cover an opening created by the removed lamina bone, wherein coupling the laminar plate to the vertebra includes attaching the first end piece of the laminar plate to, or proximate to, a spinous process of the vertebra and attaching the second end piece of the laminar plate to, or proximate to, a facet of the vertebra.
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A method for supporting a vertebra, said method comprising:
- removing lamina bone from the vertebra during spinal surgery;
- providing a laminar plate including an elongated center plate portion, a first end portion coupled to a first end of the elongated plate portion and a second end portion coupled to a second end of the elongated plate portion;
- coupling the laminar plate to the vertebra to cover an opening created by the removed lamina bone, wherein coupling the laminar plate to the vertebra includes coupling the first end portion and the second end portion of the laminar plate to the vertebra using screws;
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- depositing bone growth material on the laminar plate to reinforce the vertebra.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.