US Patent No: 6,921,403

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Method and apparatus for spinal distraction and fusion

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Abstract

The invention provides an implantable spinal distraction/fusion rod with varied thread pitch and diameters along different portions of its length that it is capable of distracting two or more vertebral bodies relative to each other and/or facilitating the procedure of fusing the vertebral bodies together from within the spine. The present invention also provides for methods of using the rod to distract and/or fuse two or more vertebral bodies from within the spine.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
AXIAMED, INC.WILMINGTON, NC8
TRANS1 INC.WILMINGTON, NC49

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Assell, Robert L Mendota Heights, MN 95 3220
Cragg, Andrew H Edina, MN 202 6875
Dickhudt, Eugene A New Brighton, MN 90 4294

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4,265,231 Curved drill attachment for bone drilling uses 112 1979
4,401,112 Spinal fixator 423 1981
4,554,914 Prosthetic vertebral body 442 1983
4,657,550 Buttressing device usable in a vertebral prosthesis 401 1986
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5,630,816 Double barrel spinal fixation system and method 251 1995
5,702,455 Expandable prosthesis for spinal fusion 384 1996
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TRANS1 INC. (27)
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7,569,056 Methods and apparatus for forming shaped axial bores through spinal vertebrae 24 2004
8,052,613 Spinal nucleus extraction tool 4 2004
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7,588,574 Kits for enabling axial access and procedures in the spine 25 2004
7,530,993 Method of spinal fixation 21 2004
7,500,977 Method and apparatus for manipulating material in the spine 30 2004
7,608,077 Method and apparatus for spinal distraction and fusion 20 2005
7,776,042 Methods and apparatus for provision of therapy to adjacent motion segments 2 2005
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7,641,657 Method and apparatus for providing posterior or anterior trans-sacral access to spinal vertebrae 5 2006
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7,799,033 Access kits for enabling axial access and procedures in the spine 6 2007
7,794,463 Methods and apparatus for performing therapeutic procedures in the spine 6 2007
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8,317,867 Methods and apparatus for performing therapeutic procedures in the spine 0 2012
 
BENVENUE MEDICAL, INC. (11)
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KYPHON SARL (9)
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