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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2002
Applicants:
James D. Ralph, Summit, NJ (US);
Stephen Tatar, Montville, NJ (US);
Thomas J. Errico, Summit, NJ (US);
Inventors:
James D. Ralph, Summit, NJ (US);
Stephen Tatar, Montville, NJ (US);
Thomas J. Errico, Summit, NJ (US);
Assignee:
SpineCore, Inc., Summit, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 244 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical treatment for restoring a proper anatomical spacing and alignment to vertebral bones of a scoliosis patient, the treatment including determining an angular misalignment associated with at least one pair of adjacent bones, adjusting the intervertebral space between adjacent vertebral bones to restore proper spacing, and inserting a tapered spacer to restore proper anatomical misalignment of the vertebral bones.