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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2017
Quandary Medical, Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Leighton Joseph LaPierre, Thornton, CO (US);
Scott Noble, Denver, CO (US);
Ryan Alexander Arce, Denver, CO (US);
Jeffrey R Schell, Denver, CO (US);
Yuta Okkotsu, Aurora, CO (US);
David C. Eyvazzadeh, Denver, CO (US);
Brandon B. Arthurs, Wilmington, NC (US);
Gerald R. Schell, Bay City, MI (US);
Quandary Medical, LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Certain embodiments of the invention relate to a surgical procedure resulting in the fusion of transverse processes. The disclosure herein presents novel approaches for accessing transverse processes of the spine, novel methods for the delivery of fusion material for the fusion of said transverse processes, and novel tools to facilitate the procedure. Certain embodiments of the invention include a graft delivery assembly, which has a delivery shaft, delivery sheath, and at least one curved rod. Bony material is position with a graft delivery assembly, in which retraction of the delivery shaft or sheath places the bone fusion material to the fusion site. The graft delivery assembly further includes features to decorticate and prepare the bone surface for fusion.