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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2006
Bret A. Ferree, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Bret A. Ferree, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Anova Corporation, Summit, NJ (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for fixing a defect in a vertebral disc of a patient. One method includes providing first, second, third, and fourth sutures. The first and second sutures are fastened to a vertebra cranial to the vertebral disc at first and second locations, respectively. The third and fourth sutures are fastened to a vertebra caudal to the vertebral disc at third and fourth locations, respectively. A device, such as a mesh device, is positioned adjacent the defect. The first, second, third, and fourth sutures are then positioned against the device, on the side of the device opposite of the defect. Tension is then applied to the first, second, third, and fourth sutures. Each of the first, second, third, and fourth sutures are then attached to at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth sutures, thereby holding the device adjacent the defect.