Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Reexamination Certificate
2004-11-30
2010-11-09
Robert, Eduardo C (Department: 3733)
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
C408S156000, C408S180000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07828804
ABSTRACT:
Methods and devices for treating diseases and conditions that change the spacial relationship between the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disks, or that cause instability of the vertebral column, or both, and a method and devices that allow the surgeon to access the intervertebral space to restore a more normal three-dimensional configuration of the space, with or without additionally fusing two adjacent vertebrae.
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Li Lehmann K.
Nguyen Frank
Nguyen Thanh V.
Pham To V.
Shaolian Samuel M.
Hoffman Mary
Robert Eduardo C
Warsaw Orthopedic Inc.
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