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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Niall Casey, San Diego, CA (US);
James Coleman Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Ali A. Shorooghi, San Diego, CA (US);
Gurvinder S. Deol, Raleigh, CA (US);
Bradley Alan Heiges, Savannah, GA (US);
Nitin Khanna, Chicago, IL (US);
Troy B. Woolley, Erie, CO (US);
Niall Casey, San Diego, CA (US);
James Coleman Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Ali A. Shorooghi, San Diego, CA (US);
Gurvinder S. Deol, Raleigh, CA (US);
Bradley Alan Heiges, Savannah, GA (US);
Nitin Khanna, Chicago, IL (US);
Troy B. Woolley, Erie, CO (US);
NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
This application describes surgical instruments and implants for building a posterior fixation construct across one or more segments of the spinal column during a medialized posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) procedure.