Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-29
2010-02-23
Barrett, Thomas C (Department: 3775)
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
Reexamination Certificate
active
07666208
ABSTRACT:
A posterior cervical vertebral stabilizing system is disclosed. The system includes a device comprising an upper portion for positioning adjacent to a relatively superior vertebra of a patient's spine and a lower portion for positioning adjacent to a relatively inferior vertebra of the patient's spine. The upper portion forms a support for abutting the posterior surface of the superior vertebra and the lower portion forms a saddle for engaging a spinous process of the inferior vertebra. The device has an anterior face that, at each of the upper and lower portions, has a radius of curvature about an axis. The system includes a method of affixing the device to a spine of a patient by positioning the device posteriorly of the relatively superior and relatively inferior vertebrae, and looping cable about the device and the lamina of the vertebrae. The method may also include promoting fusion of the vertebrae together.
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Asfora IP, LLC
Barrett Thomas C
Proehl Jeffrey A.
Woodall Nicholas
Woods Fuller Shultz & Smith PC
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