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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2020
Robert E. Simonson, Boca Raton, FL (US);
David P. Sachs, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Robert E. Simonson, Boca Raton, FL (US);
David P. Sachs, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method of performing an anterior cervical fusion procedure is provided. The method includes creating a void in a first vertebral body of a cervical vertebra, the void beginning anteriorly and directed posteriorly creating an exit at a posterior aspect of the vertebral body, after the creation of the void in the first vertebral body, removing at least a portion of a cervical intervertebral disc, the disc located between and adjacent to the first vertebral body and a second vertebral body, and performing a fusion procedure between the first vertebral body and the second vertebral body.