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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
May. 24, 2004
Applicants:
James D. Ralph, Summit, NJ (US);
Stephen Tatar, Montville, NJ (US);
Thomas J. Errico, Summit, NJ (US);
Inventors:
James D. Ralph, Summit, NJ (US);
Stephen Tatar, Montville, NJ (US);
Thomas J. Errico, Summit, NJ (US);
Assignee:
SpineCore, Inc., Allendale, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A distraction method including inserting a spacer element into a space between bones to be distracted, removing the spacer element from the space, inserting a wider spacer element into the space, and removing the wider spacer element from the space.