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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2001
Bruce Robie, Glen Rock, NJ (US);
Felix Blouin, Sterling Forest, NY (US);
Rafael Zubok, Midland Park, NJ (US);
John Wilhelmy, Danville, CA (US);
Bruce Robie, Glen Rock, NJ (US);
Felix Blouin, Sterling Forest, NY (US);
Rafael Zubok, Midland Park, NJ (US);
John Wilhelmy, Danville, CA (US);
Zimmer Trabecular Metal Technology, Inc., Allendale, NJ (US);
Abstract
An instrument system for preparing a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies to receive a repair device includes a series of distractors for distracting the vertebral bodies in a manner that restores natural lordosis of the lumbar and cervical spine, a vertebrae immobilizing template to fix the positions of the bodies, a handle for employing the distractor and the template, and a reamer for cutting tissue from endplates of the vertebral bodies.