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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2014
Spineology, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Karen Roche, Stillwater Township, MN (US);
Clint Boylan, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Dan McPhillips, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Tim Walnofer, Stillwater, MN (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 a percutaneous access opening on the patient, using indirect visualization to establish a surgical path through the access opening via neural monitoring, creating a cavity in a disc space between the adjacent vertebra, without retraction, evaluating the created cavity, inserting a container sized and configured to fit through the access opening into the cavity and filling the container with fill material.