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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Peter Thomas Miller, Austin, TX (US);
Charles R. Forton, Leander, TX (US);
Reginald James Davis, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Inventors:
Peter Thomas Miller, Austin, TX (US);
Charles R. Forton, Leander, TX (US);
Reginald James Davis, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer Spine, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/90 (2006.01); A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/88 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61B 2017/90 (2013.01); A61B 1/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/8897 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide tools and methods for spinal fusion procedures. One embodiment of a tool can be a pedicle access tool that performs the functions of targeting needle, cannula, tap and awl. The cannula of the tool can be used to guide various tools and bone graft or fusion promoting material to a surgical site for a spinal fusion procedure, such as a posterolateral procedure. In other embodiments, a k-wire can be used as the guide.