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US 7,291,149 B1Granted
Method for inserting interbody spinal fusion implants
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorGary Karlin Michelson
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AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorGary Karlin Michelson
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The present invention is directed to methods of inserting a variety of interbody spinal fusion implants across a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies. The variety of implants have at least a partially frusto-conical configuration or opposed arcuate portions in an angular relationship to one another along the length of the implant. One of the methods of the present invention contemplates distracting the adjacent vertebral bodies, forming a bore from the anterior or posterior aspect of the spinal column across a distracted disc space between the adjacent vertebral bodies and into the adjacent vertebral bodies, and inserting into the bore the spinal implant having opposed arcuate portions in an angular relationship to one another along the length of the implant and oriented toward the adjacent vertebral bodies.
A method for inserting a spinal implant across a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies of a human spine, said method comprising the steps of:
A method for preparing a spinal disc space between a pair of vertebral endplates for insertion of an implant therebetween, comprising:
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