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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2003
Samuel M. Shaolian, Newport Beach, CA (US);
George P. Teitelbaum, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Thanh Van Nguyen, Irvine, CA (US);
Frank Nguyen, Pomona, CA (US);
To V. Pham, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Vincent Divino, Jr., Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Michael R. Henson, Coto de Caza, CA (US);
Samuel M. Shaolian, Newport Beach, CA (US);
George P. Teitelbaum, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Thanh Van Nguyen, Irvine, CA (US);
Frank Nguyen, Pomona, CA (US);
To V. Pham, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Vincent Divino, Jr., Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Michael R. Henson, Coto de Caza, CA (US);
SDGI Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for treating diseases and conditions that change the spacial relationship between the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disks, or that cause instability of the vertebral column, or both, and a method and devices that allow the surgeon to access the intervertebral space to restore a more normal three-dimensional configuration of the space, with or without additionally fusing two adjacent vertebrae.