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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
May. 10, 2004
Gene Dipoto, Upton, MA (US);
Alan E. Shluzas, Millis, MA (US);
Victor Rossin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Stephen Anderson, Holliston, MA (US);
Daniel Baker, Seattle, WA (US);
Gene DiPoto, Upton, MA (US);
Alan E. Shluzas, Millis, MA (US);
Victor Rossin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Stephen Anderson, Holliston, MA (US);
Daniel Baker, Seattle, WA (US);
Zimmer Spine, Inc., , MN (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an access device is inserted through an incision in skin of a patient. The access device is expanded from a first configuration to a second configuration, the second configuration having an enlarged cross-sectional area at a distal portion of said access device such that the distal portion extends across at least a portion of the interbody space. A prosthetic spinal disc implant is then delivered through the access device.