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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Dominique Verhulst, Schilde, BE;
Amie Borgstrom, Stanford, CA (US);
Charles M. Bartish, Jr., Providence, RI (US);
John Riley Hawkins, Cumberland, RI (US);
Seungkyu Daniel Kwak, Grafton, MA (US);
William Dunbar, Bethlehem, CT (US);
Katherine Torres, Westport, MA (US);
Dominique Verhulst, Schilde, BE;
Amie Borgstrom, Stanford, CA (US);
Charles M. Bartish, Jr., Providence, RI (US);
John Riley Hawkins, Cumberland, RI (US);
SeungKyu Daniel Kwak, Grafton, MA (US);
William Dunbar, Bethlehem, CT (US);
Katherine Torres, Westport, MA (US);
DePuy Spine, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
Various methods and devices are provided for implanting a motion segment repair system. In particular, exemplary methods and devices are provided for implanting a spinal disc implant and/or a PDS device using a posterior surgical approach, including methods and devices for distracting adjacent vertebrae using a posterior surgical approach, methods and devices for posteriorly introducing a spinal implant into a disc space between adjacent vertebrae, and methods and devices for coupling a PDS device to the adjacent vertebrae to provide a complete motion segment repair system that is implanted using a posterior surgical approach.