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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2005
Steven Ludwig, Baltimore, MD (US);
David Greg Anderson, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Michael Carl Michielli, Medway, MA (US);
Philip Cormier, Quincy, MA (US);
Nicholas J. Miller, Taunton, MA (US);
Steven Ludwig, Baltimore, MD (US);
David Greg Anderson, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Michael Carl Michielli, Medway, MA (US);
Philip Cormier, Quincy, MA (US);
Nicholas J. Miller, Taunton, MA (US);
DePuy Spine, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for implanting spinal fixation implants and devices are provided. In one embodiment, a method for implanting a spinal fixation system is provided and it includes the steps of positioning a spinal fixation element to extend along a patient's spinal column adjacent to one or more vertebrae, determining an implant site on at least one vertebra, implanting at least one spinal anchor at the implant site on at least one vertebra, and coupling the spinal fixation element to each implant.