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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Cyril Voisard, Langendorf, CH;
Markus Kraft, Oberdorf, CH;
Beat Lechmann, Bettlach, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DePuy Synthes Products, LLC, Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 17/0642 (2013.01); A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30062 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3038 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30433 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30448 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30449 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30461 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30492 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30565 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30604 (2013.01); A61F 2002/308 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30805 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30808 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30812 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30828 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30831 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30835 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00017 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00029 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00041 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00047 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00065 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00071 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00077 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00083 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00107 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00113 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00119 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00149 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00155 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for fixation of an intervertebral implant includes the steps of: a) applying a spreading force to a first and second adjacent vertebral bodies; b) removing the intervertebral disc between the adjacent first and second vertebral bodies; c) inserting a shaft of the bone anchors into the vertebral bodies, and fixing a head of the bone anchors to an intervertebral implant.