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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2007
Miquelangelo J. Perez-cruet, Bloomfield, MI (US);
John R. Pepper, Cheshire, CT (US);
John A. Miller, Bloomfield Village, MI (US);
Miquelangelo J. Perez-Cruet, Bloomfield, MI (US);
John R. Pepper, Cheshire, CT (US);
John A. Miller, Bloomfield Village, MI (US);
MI4SPINE, LLC, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for providing vertebral disc annular fibrosis tensioning and lengthening that restores the loss of disc height and provides disc regeneration. In one non-limiting embodiment, the method includes inserting pedicle screws into the vertebral bodies of adjacent vertebra and positioning a spring in compression between and in contact with the pedicle screws so that the spring bias forces the pedicle screws apart to provide a distractive force that increases the height of the disc space and promotes the disc regeneration.