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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Zaki G. Ibrahim, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
Inventor:
Zaki G. Ibrahim, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 17/864 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3916 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3991 (2016.02);
Abstract
A minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgery method includes sequential steps of (a), aided by a guidance system, placing a guide wire in each pedicle of each vertebra of each spinal segment to be fused in a transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgery, (b) replacing one or more of the guide wires with respective pedicle markers, and (c) performing the minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgery using the pedicle markers and remaining ones of the guide wires.