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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2008
Daniel Tomko, Dallas, GA (US);
Guilhem Denoziere, Powder Springs, GA (US);
Stephan Eckhof, Weilheim, DE;
Barbara Schweizer, Wurmlingen, DE;
Alexander Geisser, Geisingen, DE;
Daniel Tomko, Dallas, GA (US);
Guilhem Denoziere, Powder Springs, GA (US);
Stephan Eckhof, Weilheim, DE;
Barbara Schweizer, Wurmlingen, DE;
Alexander Geisser, Geisingen, DE;
SpineMedica, LLC, Marietta, GA (US);
Abstract
Trials for spinal surgery include: (a) a trial implant portion having a shape corresponding to an implantable spinal disc implant; (b) a shaft connected to the trial implant portion; and (c) at least one axially extending cutting guide slot attached to the shaft at a position that is axially spaced apart from the trial implant portion, the cutting guide slot configured to releasably slidably receive and guide a cutting blade toward vertebral bone. Also described are additional surgical instruments, including, for example, pilot-hole punches, inserters, and methods of cutting keelways.