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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Zyga Technology, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Inventors:
Robert L. Assell, St. Paul, MN (US);
Brian P. Beaubien, St. Paul, MN (US);
Eugene A. Dickhudt, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Assignee:
Zyga Technology, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4405 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3008 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3085 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30299 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30578 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30841 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30843 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30845 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30878 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30904 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating a facet joint of a patient. The facet joint has a superior facet with a superior articular face and an inferior facet with an inferior articular face. An implant delivery cannula is used to position a superior resurfacing implant and an inferior resurfacing implant between the superior articular face and the inferior articular face.