Blackstone Medical, Inc.

Cook Incorporated

Mark A Lorenz

Jeffrey Kozak

Howard Wolek

Michael R Zindrick

Franceso Larosa

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus for vertebral body replacement and methods associated therewith. In one embodiment, a vertebral body replacement apparatus may be used to correct and stabilize the spine (e.g., the thoracolumbar spine (T1-L5)). In another embodiment, a vertebral body (e.g., a diseased and/or damaged vertebral body) that has been resected or excised (e.g., for the treatment of a tumor or trauma) may be replaced (with the height of the resected or excised vertebral body being substantially replaced and restored by the apparatus of the present invention).

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Hinsdale, IL, United States of America

Mark A Lorenz