A - Human Necessities – 61 – F
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A - Human Necessities
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A61F 2/46 (2006.01) A61B 17/16 (2006.01) A61B 17/17 (2006.01) A61F 2/30 (2006.01) A61F 2/44 (2006.01) A61B 17/02 (2006.01) A61B 17/86 (2006.01) A61F 2/00 (2006.01) A61F 2/28 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2155422
A surgical kit is described for implanting spinal fusion implants (10) into a disk space where disk material separates first and second vertebrae (210, 212). The kit comprises: a distraction plug (54) sized to be inserted between the vertebrae on at least one of said sides and to urge said vertebrae apart; a guide pin (64) sized to be received on at least one side of said vertebrae into said disk space and sized to approximate the size of said plug; a drill tube guide (72) attached to said guide pin on a proximal end of said drill tube guide with said drill tube guide having predetermined external dimensions; a drill tube (92) sized to be received upon said drill tube guide within said drill tube in close tolerance therewith and with means on a proximal end of said drill tube for fastening said drill tube to said vertebrae; and a reamer (112, 116) having a proximal end with means for boring into said vertebrae and with said reamer size to be received within said drill tube. Using the kit, spinal implants are inserted into a disk space between vertebrae. A distraction spacer is temporarily put in place on one side of the vertebrae while a bore is being formed on the opposite side.
Kohrs Douglas W.
Kuslich Stephen D.
Goudreau Gage Dubuc
Spine-Tech Inc.
Zimmer Spine Inc.
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