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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2016
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Christopher Mickiewicz, Bridgewater, MA (US);
John R. Cournoyer, Norfolk, MA (US);
James R. Donahue, East Falmouth, MA (US);
Richard W. Fournier, New Bedford, MA (US);
SeungKyu Daniel Kwak, Grafton, MA (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for manipulating a vertebra. In one embodiment, a surgical device can include a frame configured to couple two or more surgical instruments attached to one or more vertebrae. Coupling the two or more surgical instruments together, the frame and/or at least one of the surgical instruments can be manipulated to move at least one of the surgical instruments, thereby effecting movement at least one of the vertebra or vertebrae to which the surgical instruments coupled to the frame are attached. In this way, the surgical device can be used to facilitate rotation of a vertebra relative to another vertebra to correct the angular relationship of the vertebrae.