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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2017
Stryker European Holdings I, Llc, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Thomas A. Alheidt, Sussex, NJ (US);
Christine Herrmann, Fair Lawn, NJ (US);
Bryan D. Milz, Florida, NY (US);
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for fusing vertebral bodies comprising the steps of: mounting a first engagement member of a fixation member to a pedicle of a first vertebra and a second engagement member of the spinal fixation member to a pedicle of a second vertebra, the first engagement member having a first extension engaged with an expansion ring, the second engagement member having a second extension engaged with the expansion ring; inserting screws through the first and second engagement members and into the pedicles of the respective first and second vertebrae; rotating the expansion ring in a first direction, thereby distracting the first and second vertebrae; implanting an intervertebral implant between the first and second vertebrae after rotating the expansion ring in the first direction; and rotating the expansion ring in a second direction after implanting the intervertebral implant, thereby compressing the first and second vertebrae.