Method for spinal fixation

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PATENT NO 5895427
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08733084

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A method for implanting an implant into a bore formed between opposing vertebra includes forming a bore between the vertebra and selecting an implant having a rigid body with exposed threads and a hollow interior and with holes formed through a shell of the body into the interior. The implant is placed within the bore with a longitudinal axis of the body aligned with an axis of the bore. The body is advanced into the bore to stretch an annulus.

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ZIMMER SPINE INC7375 BUSH LAKE ROAD MINNEAPOLIS MN 55439-2027

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bagby, George W Spokane, WA 18 4225
Corin, James Donald Minneapolis, MN 4 490
Kuslich, Stephen D Maplewood, MN 66 14378

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