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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2007
Brad S. Culbert, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Bruce E. Stevens, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Brad S. Culbert, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Bruce E. Stevens, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Interventional Spine, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a fixation device that includes an elongated body including a bone anchor at a distal end. An axially moveable proximal anchor is carried by the proximal end of the fixation device. In one embodiment, the device is advanced through a spinous process of a first vertebra, inserted through the first vertebra and the bone anchor is rotated into position within a second vertebra. The proximal anchor is distally advanced with respect to the bone anchor to provide compression across the first and second vertebrae.