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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2009
Karen Roche, Stillwater Township, MN (US);
Clint Boylan, Minneaoplis, MN (US);
Dan Mcphillips, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Tim Walnofer, Stillwater, MI (US);
Joseph Gleason, Eagan, MN (US);
Karen Roche, Stillwater Township, MN (US);
Clint Boylan, Minneaoplis, MN (US);
Dan McPhillips, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Tim Walnofer, Stillwater, MI (US);
Joseph Gleason, Eagan, MN (US);
Spineology, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of performing percutaneous interbody spinal fusion on adjacent vertebrae in a patient including the steps of: creating an access opening on the patient, the access opening being less than 10 mm wide, using indirect visualization: establishing a surgical path through the access opening via neural monitoring, creating a cavity in a disc space between the adjacent vertebra, evaluating the created cavity, inserting a container sized and configured to fit through the less than 10 mm access opening into the cavity and filling the container with fill material.