Methods of implanting a motion segment repair system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7993376
APP PUB NO 20070073405A1
SERIAL NO

11164643

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Various methods and devices are provided for implanting a motion segment repair system. In particular, exemplary methods and devices are provided for implanting a spinal disc implant and/or a PDS device using a posterior surgical approach, including methods and devices for distracting adjacent vertebrae using a posterior surgical approach, methods and devices for posteriorly introducing a spinal implant into a disc space between adjacent vertebrae, and methods and devices for coupling a PDS device to the adjacent vertebrae to provide a complete motion segment repair system that is implanted using a posterior surgical approach.

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  • DEPUY SPINE, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bartish,, Jr Charles M Providence, US 21 817
Borgstrom, Amie Stanford, US 33 5288
Dunbar, William Bethlehem, US 27 3717
Hawkins, John Riley Cumberland, US 166 9286
Kwak, SeungKyu Daniel Grafton, US 50 6595
Torres, Katherine Westport, US 5 766
Verhulst, Dominique Schilde, BE 2 180

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