Trans-osseous oblique lumbosacral fusion system and method
AssigneeQuandary Medical, LLC
InventorsGerald Russell Schell, Jeffrey R. Schell
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of directing medical instruments towards an intervertebral disc space, removing intervertebral disc material from such disc space, and filling such disc space with a material to fuse vertebrae. Embodiments of the invention are further directed to a path that passes structural portions of an ilium. In some aspects, embodiments of the invention are directed to using electro stimulation to avoid certain nerve roots to access an L5-S1 disc space for the purposes of bone fusion.
Claims6
A method of accessing the area between a first vertebral endplate and a second vertebral endplate and traversing an opening through an ilium for the purposes of bone fusion, comprising the steps of:
- placing a surgical instrument through an ilium to guide a path to the area of a vertebral disc;
- creating a transiliac aperture along said path;
- removing a vertebral disc through said transiliac aperture;
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- filling the space previously occupied by said vertebral disc with material placed through said transiliac aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.