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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2009
David Greg Anderson, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Christopher W. Sicvol, Boston, MA (US);
George Joseph Ross, Rehoboth, MA (US);
Sean P. Selover, Westport, MA (US);
Ramon Alberto Ruberte, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David Greg Anderson, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Christopher W. Sicvol, Boston, MA (US);
George Joseph Ross, Rehoboth, MA (US);
Sean P. Selover, Westport, MA (US);
Ramon Alberto Ruberte, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
DePuy Spine, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
Minimally invasive methods and devices for introducing a spinal fixation element into a surgical site in a patient's spinal column are provided. In general, the method involves advancing a spinal fixation element in a first, lengthwise orientation along a pathway extending from a minimally invasive percutaneous incision to a spinal anchor site. As the spinal fixation element approaches the spinal anchor site, the fixation element can be manipulated to extend in a second orientation, which is preferably substantially transverse to the first orientation, to position the fixation element in relation to one or more spinal anchors.