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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2006
Randall Allard, Germantown, TN (US);
Alex Kunzler, Issaquah, WA (US);
Anthony Finazzo, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Vincent Bryan, Quincy, WA (US);
Carlos Gil, Collierville, TN (US);
Robert Conta, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Randall Allard, Germantown, TN (US);
Alex Kunzler, Issaquah, WA (US);
Anthony Finazzo, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Vincent Bryan, Quincy, WA (US);
Carlos Gil, Collierville, TN (US);
Robert Conta, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A method for implanting an articulating intervertebral disc prosthesis into an intervertebral disc space comprises surgically accessing the intervertebral disc space through an opening on a first lateral side of the intervertebral disc space and inserting a first half of the articulating intervertebral disc prosthesis through the opening and into the intervertebral disc space. The method further comprises inserting a second half of the articulating intervertebral disc prosthesis through the opening on the first lateral side of the intervertebral disc space and positioning the first half of the articulating intervertebral disc prosthesis on a second lateral side of the intervertebral disc space. The method also comprises positioning the second half of the articulating intervertebral disc prosthesis on the first lateral side of the intervertebral disc space.