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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Alphatec Spine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jonathan T. Costabile, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alphatec Spine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/447 (2013.01); A61F 2/30771 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2835 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30827 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30828 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30904 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4622 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4687 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and a method for performing a spinal procedure configured to minimize the size of the surgical corridor so as to reduce recovery time is provided. The system and method include an implant and a guide. The guide is configured to be disposed within a surgical corridor formed by an instrument. The instrument is removed wherein the muscles may contract onto the guide so as to reduce the surgical corridor, wherein the implant is slid down the surgical corridor between a pair of guide members.