Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1996-11-21
1999-09-07
Willse, David H.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 96, A61B 1717, A61B 1716
Patent
active
059479710
ABSTRACT:
Spinal fusion implants are inserted into a disc space of disc material separating first and second vertebrae by forming bores between the vertebrae. A distraction spacer is temporarily put in place on one side of the vertebrae while a bore is being formed on an opposite of the vertebrae.
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Kohrs Douglas W.
Kuslich Stephen D.
Sulzer Spine-Tech Inc.
Willse David H.
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