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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2003
Applicants:
Stephen D. Kuslich, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Douglas W. Kohrs, Edina, MN (US);
Inventors:
Stephen D. Kuslich, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Douglas W. Kohrs, Edina, MN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer Spine, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Spinal fusion implants are laparoscopically placed in a disk space separating two vertebrae. Implant tools, including distraction spacers, boring tools and implants, are passed through a cannula toward the disk space.