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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2013
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Michelle M. Hennard, Memphis, TN (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A method for treating a spine comprises the steps of: percutaneously delivering a first fastener along a pedicle trajectory disposed in alignment with a first vertebral level of vertebrae; fastening the first fastener with the first vertebral level adjacent a lateral portion of the vertebrae; percutaneously delivering a first spinal rod adjacent to the first fastener; connecting the first spinal rod with the first fastener; percutaneously delivering a second fastener along a cortical trajectory disposed in alignment with the first vertebral level; fastening the second fastener with the first vertebral level adjacent a contra-lateral portion of the vertebrae; percutaneously delivering a second spinal rod adjacent to the second fastener; and connecting the second spinal rod with the second fastener. Systems and implants are disclosed.