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US 8,574,266 B2Granted
Percutaneous facet fixation system
AssigneeUS Spine, Inc.
InventorMark H. Falahee
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Abstract
A percutaneous facet fixation system minimally invasive, reproducible, efficient, and effective. Capable of immediate stabilization of a facet joint complex, the instrumentation and methods may be used with C-arm and/or endoscopic visualization.
Claims13
An implant for fastening a superior facet to an inferior facet, comprising:
- a first fastener portion comprising a head;
- a second fastener portion configured to be connected with the first fastener portion on opposite sides of a facet joint such that a portion of the first fastener portion is configured to be positioned adjacent to one of a superior articular process and an inferior articular process of the facet joint and a portion of the second fastener portion is configured to be positioned adjacent to one of the other of an inferior articular process and a superior articular process of the facet joint so as to engage a surface of the respective articular process;
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- a first washer, the head of the first fastener portion received in the first washer in an assembled configuration, and wherein a bottom surface of the first washer, in an unassembled configuration, is contoured to match a surface of one of the inferior articular process and the superior articular process.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.