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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2011
Douglas Wayne Neary, Santa Ana, CA (US);
James Monroe Davenport, Kingman, AZ (US);
Douglas Wayne Neary, Santa Ana, CA (US);
James Monroe Davenport, Kingman, AZ (US);
Oak Tree Engineering LLC, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for pulling a spinal vertebra toward a spinal rod are provided. One spinal rod persuasion system includes a cord configured to engage a pedicle screw installed in a spinal vertebra. The system also includes a tensioner configured to engage the cord and a spinal rod, and to apply tension to the cord to pull the pedicle screw toward the spinal rod. One method includes installing a pedicle screw in a spinal vertebra, affixing a cord to the pedicle screw, coupling the cord to a tensioner, coupling a spinal rod to the tensioner, and pulling the pedicle screw toward the spinal rod.