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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2011
Nam T. Chao, Marlborough, MA (US);
Dennis Hubbard, Lancaster, MA (US);
Chris Rybicki, Fall River, MA (US);
Ronald Sacher, Boca Raton, FL (US);
James R. Donahue, East Falmouth, MA (US);
Simon Siu, Quincy, MA (US);
Randal Betz, Ocean City, NJ (US);
Nam T. Chao, Marlborough, MA (US);
Dennis Hubbard, Lancaster, MA (US);
Chris Rybicki, Fall River, MA (US);
Ronald Sacher, Boca Raton, FL (US);
James R. Donahue, East Falmouth, MA (US);
Simon Siu, Quincy, MA (US);
Randal Betz, Ocean City, NJ (US);
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC, Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for manipulating a vertebra includes connecting a first bone anchor to a first vertebra, connecting a second bone anchor to a second bone anchor, positioning a spinal rod in a receiving member of the first bone anchor and in a receiving member of the second bone anchor, connecting a first instrument to the receiving member of the first bone anchor, and manipulating the first instrument to rotate first bone anchor and the first vertebra relative to the second vertebra.