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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2006
Applicants:
Didier Recoules-arche, Sainte-Adresse, FR;
Robert Velez, Chåteauroux, FR;
Robert Lange, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Co-Ligne AG, Zurich, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Repair of a spine from a posterior approach especially for locating an implant between a lower and upper human vertebra includes making an incision in the skin lateral to the midline, making an incision through the Erector Spinae Aponeurosis (ESA) following the ELIF groove, separating the ESA from the Longissimus Thoracis Pars Lumborum (LTPL), atraumatic separating the Multifidus from the LTPL using the interfascial boundary between the Multifidus and the LTPL, and creating a surgical plane having an angle of 20°-60°.