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US 5,522,899 AGranted
Artificial spinal fusion implants
AssigneeSofamor Danek Properties, Inc.
InventorGary K. Michelson
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Abstract
A spinal implant is disclosed which when placed within the spinal disc space stabilizes that spinal segment and materially participates in, and is incorporated in, the ensuing fusion.
Claims4
A method for replacing a disc in the spine of a patient, the disc having a width in a plane perpendicular to the sagittal plane, the method comprising removing the disc and inserting side by side into the resulting disc space a plurality of implants having a combined width approximating the width of the disc space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.