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US 8,273,110 B2Granted
System and method for installing an annular repair rivet through a vertebral body port
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorsJody L. Seifert, Sean Suh, Mark Weiman
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Abstract
A method for repairing a defect in the annulus of an intervertebral disc uses a port through a vertebra adjacent the disc for passage of a rivet insertion tool to place a first part of a two-part annulus repair rivet against an internal surface of the annulus adjacent the defect. A separate rivet insertion tool places a second part of the annulus repair rivet on an external surface of the annulus adjacent the defect. The first and second parts are secured together, repairing the defect.
Claims15
A method for annulus repair, the method comprising:
- establishing a port through a vertebral body and vertebral endplate and into a nucleus of an intervertebral disc comprising an annulus having a defect;
- using an internal rivet tool to pass a first part of a two part annulus repair rivet through the port and to position the first part of the annulus repair rivet at an internal surface of the annulus adjacent the defect;
- using an external rivet tool separate from the internal rivet tool to position a second part of the two part annulus repair rivet at an external surface of the annulus adjacent the defect;
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- securing the first part of the annulus repair rivet to the second part of the annulus repair rivet to close the defect in the annulus.
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