The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
Spectrum Spine Ip Holdings, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
James C Robinson, Atlanta, GA (US);
SPECTRUM SPINE IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A cervical minimal access fusion system is presented. The system has a plate with a longitudinal axis and defining at least two bone screw bores therethrough and an inter-vertebral cage configured to be positioned between two adjacent cervical vertebrae. A method for a cervical minimal access fusion system is also presented. In one aspect, the method comprises the steps of accessing the facet joints of two adjacent cervical vertebrae, distracting the joints so as to increase the space between the two adjacent cervical vertebrae, placing an implant or structural bone graft in the space between the two adjacent cervical vertebrae to maintain the distraction, and compressing the two lateral masses to induce lordosis around the facet joint.