Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1983-08-10
1985-12-10
Mancene, Gene
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
128341, 128343, 128 92R, 128303R, A61F 504
Patent
active
045572593
ABSTRACT:
A surgical method and apparatus for placing wire is utilized in close proximity to the spinal cord wherein a first tool having a thin tip is inserted between the ligament closest to the spinal cord and the associated vertebra, the first tool is manipulated to form a small passage, a second tool having a thicker tip is inserted into said passage and manipulated said tool to enlarge the passage further, and a third tool having a tubular tip is inserted into said passage and held in position so that a wire can be threaded through the opening of the tubular tip, after which the third tool with the tubular tip is removed leaving the wire in the passage that has been created between the ligament and the vertebra.
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Henry Ford Hospital
Mancene Gene
Shedd C. W.
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