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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2012
Stefan Parent, Saint-Lambert, CA;
Carl-éric Aubin, Saint-Lambert, CA;
Mark Driscoll, Notre-Dame-de-I'lle-Perrot, CA;
Stefan Parent, Saint-Lambert, CA;
Carl-Éric Aubin, Saint-Lambert, CA;
Mark Driscoll, Notre-Dame-de-I'lle-Perrot, CA;
Polyvalor, Limited Partnership Valorisation HSJ, Limited Partnership, Montreal, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
A method for installing a surgical device on a spine for applying corrective forces thereon comprises installing at least one anchor on a first vertebra and at least another anchor on a second vertebra. At least one connector is installed on at least one of the first and the second vertebrae. A flexible tether is fixed to one of the anchors. The flexible tether is tensioned about a surface of the at least one connector. The flexible tether is fixed to the other one of the anchors to maintain a tension in the flexible tether to apply corrective forces to the vertebrae interconnected by the tether. A method for installing a staple device with rotational joints in the vertebrae is also provided.