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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Carlos E. Gil, Collierville, TN (US);
Rick C. Sasso, Carmel, IN (US);
Mark C. Dace, Collierville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Carlos E. Gil, Collierville, TN (US);
Rick C. Sasso, Carmel, IN (US);
Mark C. Dace, Collierville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/90 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods of shaping surfaces of vertebral bodies include a reference guide instrument that can be positioned relative to a disc space between vertebral bodies and referenced to the caudally located endplate of the disc space. The reference guide instrument can then be employed to guide preparation instruments to the vertebral bodies in an orientation and spacing referenced to the caudal endplate of the subject disc space to shape vertebral surfaces to receive an implant.