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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen D Kuslich, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Douglas W Kohrs, Edina, MN (US);
Assignee:
Sulzer Spine-Tech Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 80 ; 606 96 ;
Abstract
Spinal fusion implants are inserted into a disc space of disc material separating first and second vertebrae by forming bores between the vertebrae. A distraction spacer is temporarily put in place on one side of the vertebrae while a bore is being formed on an opposite of the vertebrae.