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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2013
Depuy Synthes Products, Llc, Raynham, MA (US);
Jonathan P. Fanger, Fall River, MA (US);
Charles M. Bartish, Jr., Providence, RI (US);
Seungkyu Daniel Kwak, Grafton, MA (US);
Matthew J. Andrie, South Easton, MA (US);
Douglas R. LaSota, Saugus, MA (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, LLC, Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A multi-level spine stabilization system is formed by providing a plurality of securing members, providing a plurality of rod segments configured to extend between the plurality of securing members, selecting a first rod segment from the plurality of rod segments based upon a first distance between a first vertebra and an adjacent second vertebra, selecting a second rod segment from the plurality of rod segments based upon a second distance between the second vertebra and an adjacent third vertebra, attaching a first, a second, and a third of the plurality of securing members to the first, the second, and the third vertebrae, respectively, forming a rod using the first and second rod segment, and attaching the rod to the first, the second, and the third securing members.