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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Uncinate Joint, Llc, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey John Larson, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);
Theodore P. Bertele, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
UNCINATE JOINT, LLC, Coeur d'Alene, unknown;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4405 (2013.01); A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 17/7058 (2013.01); A61B 17/7062 (2013.01); A61B 17/8014 (2013.01); A61F 2/2846 (2013.01); A61F 2/446 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01); A61F 2/4684 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2835 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3055 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30062 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3085 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3093 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30433 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30624 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30754 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30985 (2013.01); A61F 2002/448 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4475 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4635 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00017 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00029 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00059 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for stabilizing a cervical spine segment includes implanting a respective uncinate joint stabilizer into each uncinate joint of the cervical spine segment to stabilize the uncinate joints and thereby stabilize the cervical spine segment, wherein each uncinate joint stabilizer has threads and the step of implanting includes threading each uncinate joint stabilizer into the respective uncinate joint along an anterior-to-posterior direction using the threads.