Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-07
2006-03-07
Robert, Eduardo C. (Department: 3731)
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
Reexamination Certificate
active
07008424
ABSTRACT:
A method of repositioning or fixing a first vertebrae or portion of a first vertebrae comprising fixing a bone screw in the first vertebrae and a bone screw in a second vertebrae, where each bone screw has a portal, and inflating an inflatable balloon between the portals, thereby creating a rigid structure between the bone screws.
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Davis D. Jacob
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Robert Eduardo C.
University of Southern California
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