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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2003
Applicant:
Thomas W. Davison, North Attelboro, MA (US);
Inventor:
Thomas W. Davison, North Attelboro, MA (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer Spine, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of fixing vertebrae of a patient together at a surgical site includes the following steps: inserting a first cannula () into the body () of the patient; moving a first fastener () through the cannula () and securing the first fastener () to a first vertebrae (); moving a second fastener () through the cannula () and securing the second fastener () to a second vertebrae (); moving a first fixation element () through the cannula (); and fixing the first fixation element () to the first and second fasteners ().