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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen D Kuslich, Maplewood, MN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 17 ; 606 61 ;
Abstract
A method for stabilizing a spinal motion segment by boring and excising an opening in a disc nucleus, inserting a fabric bag having a pore size between about 0.25 and 5.0 mm, packing the bag with a graft medium until the bag is a rigid self-retaining shape, then closing the bag. The nucleus is excised by inserting an expandable cutting tool in order to cut an area greater than the access opening. A further spinal stabilization includes positioning a flexible bag containing graft medium against the exterior of the lamina bone of the adjacent vertebra. The exterior lamina bone is prepared by roughening to present a bleeding surface to hasten bone growth.
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CA2189677A1; WO9531948A1; AU2592095A; US5549679A; US5571189A; HU9603139D0; EP0764008A1; KR970703115A; JPH10501710A; HUT77219A; AU691925B2; EP0764008A4; CA2189677C; HU219272B; JP3336317B2; EP0764008B1; ATE258772T1; DE69532528D1; DK0764008T3; ES2211906T3; KR100403310B1; DE69532528T2;