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US 2016/0256172 A1Published application
Vertebral endplate apparatus and method
OwnerScott L. Blumenthal, Lisa Ferrarainventors
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Abstract
A surgical apparatus for use in connection with spinal surgery. The apparatus has a first portion having a tip for first following along an insertion axis, for entering into a spinal disc, and for penetrating an endplate of a vertebra adjacent the spinal disc. The apparatus also has a second portion, adjacent the first portion, for remaining along the insertion axis as the tip of the first portion extends to penetrate the endplate of the vertebra adjacent the disc.
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A surgical apparatus for use in connection with spinal surgery, the surgical apparatus comprising:
- a first portion having a tip for first following along an insertion axis, for entering into a spinal disc, and for penetrating an endplate of a vertebra adjacent the spinal disc;
- and
- a second portion, adjacent the first portion, for remaining along the insertion axis as the tip of the first portion extends to penetrate the endplate of the vertebra adjacent the disc;
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- apparatus for changing an angle between the first portion and the second portion.
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A method of spinal surgery, the method comprising:
- inserting an apparatus into a body and directed the apparatus along an insertion axis toward a spinal disc, the apparatus comprising a first portion and a second portion;
- directing the first portion, having a tip, for entering into a spinal disc and for penetrating an endplate of a vertebra adjacent the spinal disc;
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- during the directing step, retaining the second portion, adjacent the first portion, along the insertion axis as the tip of the first portion extends to penetrate the endplate of the vertebra adjacent the spinal disc.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.