METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSERTION OF AN INTERSPINOUS PROCESS DEVICE
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Apr 23, 2009
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Oct 23, 2007
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Oct 23, 2007
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A method of inserting an implant between adjacent interspinous processes that includes, in one embodiment, providing an implant that is configurable to a collapsed configuration and to an expanded configuration, collapsing the implant, providing the collapsed implant in a positioning device, positioning a distal end of the positioning device in a patient such that the distal end is located between a pair of adjacent interspinous processes, and pushing the collapsed implant through the positioning device while removing the positioning device from the patient such that the implant is inserted between and adjacent to the interspinous processes to hold the adjacent vertebrae in a corrected position.
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