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2006-06-20

2006-06-20

McDermott, Corrine (Department: 3738)

Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai

Implantable prosthesis

Bone

Reexamination Certificate

active

07063725

ABSTRACT:
Techniques and systems for distracting a spinal disc space and supporting adjacent vertebrae are provided. Trial instruments are insertable into the disc space to determine a desired disc space height and to select a corresponding implant. Implants can be also be self-distracting and the implant providing the desired disc space height can be implanted in the spinal disc space.

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TANGENT—Posterior Discectomy & Grafting Instrumentation Set, Surgical Technique, by Charles L. Branch, Jr., M.D., Wake Forest University, Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; 1999.

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