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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Iott, Newtown Square, PA (US);
Andrew Lee, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Edward Karpowicz, Sewell, NJ (US);
Assignee:
GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2013.01); A61B 17/7074 (2013.01); A61B 17/7083 (2013.01); A61B 17/7085 (2013.01); A61B 17/7086 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61B 17/7011 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for percutaneously installing a vertebral stabilization system. A first anchor is positionable within a body of a patient through a first percutaneous opening and a second anchor is positionable within a body of a patient through a second percutaneous opening. A stabilization member is positionable within the body of a patient through the first percutaneous opening to engage and connect the first and second anchors.