US Patent No: 7,914,535

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Method and apparatus for manipulating material in the spine

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Abstract

Disclosed are surgical tools, tool sets and methods for percutaneously accessing and preparing treatment sites within the spine for subsequent treatment procedures. The treatment site may be an inter-vertebral motion segments in the lumbar and sacral regions of the spine. The tool set may comprise introducer tools and bone dilators for accessing and tapping into a targeted site, such as, for example, the anterior surface of the S1 vertebral body. The tool set may also comprise cutters and extractors for preparing the treatment site for subsequent treatment procedures. The tool set may additionally comprise a bone graft inserter, an exchange system, and/or a temporary distraction tool for further preparing the treatment site for subsequent treatment procedures.

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Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
TRANS1 INC.WILMINGTON, NC49

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ainsworth, Stephen D Los Gatos, CA 63 980
Assell, Robert L Mendota Heights, MN 95 3190
Cragg, Andrew H Edina, MN 200 6798
Dickhudt, Eugene A New Brighton, MN 90 4263

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TRANS1 INC. (67)
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4,545,374 Method and instruments for performing a percutaneous lumbar diskectomy 634 1982
4,554,914 Prosthetic vertebral body 439 1983
4,609,370 Surgical needle assembly and apparatus for attachment on a surgical needle assembly 93 1984
4,657,550 Buttressing device usable in a vertebral prosthesis 397 1986
4,756,649 Counterbore for the bilateral attachment of plane surfaces to bolt holes 43 1987
4,863,477 Synthetic intervertebral disc prosthesis 464 1987
4,844,088 Surgical cutting device with reciprocating cutting member 85 1987
5,030,201 Expandable atherectomy catheter device 308 1989
5,195,968 Catheter steering mechanism 255 1992
5,246,458 Artificial disk 314 1992
5,336,223 Telescoping spinal fixator 231 1993
5,313,962 Method of performing laparoscopic lumbar discectomy 217 1993
5,514,137 Fixation of orthopedic devices 121 1993
5,514,180 Prosthetic intervertebral devices 570 1994
6,093,207 Middle expanded, removable intervertebral disk stabilizer disk 139 1994
5,437,661 Method for removal of prolapsed nucleus pulposus material on an intervertebral disc using a laser 99 1994
6,120,502 Apparatus and method for the delivery of electrical current for interbody spinal arthrodesis 97 1994
5,665,122 Expandable intervertebral cage and surgical method 390 1995
5,630,816 Double barrel spinal fixation system and method 250 1995
5,645,597 Disc replacement method and apparatus 356 1995
5,865,845 Prosthetic intervertebral disc 241 1996
5,702,455 Expandable prosthesis for spinal fusion 382 1996
5,937,524 Tool for cutting melon from rind 18 1997
5,989,290 Height-adjustable artificial vertebral body 155 1997
6,033,407 Apparatus and method for intramedullary nailing and intramedullary nail therefor 39 1998
6,010,495 Instrumentation for endoscopic surgical insertion and application of liquid, gel and like material 42 1998
5,928,284 Disc replacement prosthesis 244 1998
6,053,916 Sacroiliac implant 102 1999
6,159,212 Surgical tool and method to reduce vertebral displacement 57 1999
6,447,518 Flexible shaft components 70 2000
6,692,495 Vertebral fixator and articulation 121 2000
2002/0032,444 Methods and devices for treatment of bone fractures 48 2000
6,488,710 Reinforced expandable cage and method of deploying 148 2001
2002/0151,980 Intervertebral disc annulus repair device 76 2002
2002/0156,531 Biomaterial system for in situ tissue repair 53 2002
2002/0198,599 System for repairing inter-vertebral discs 68 2002
2003/0004,574 Disc and annulus augmentation using biologic tissue 57 2002
2003/0195,630 Disc augmentation using materials that expand in situ 48 2003
2004/0044,412 Devices and method for augmenting a vertebral disc 66 2003
2004/0030,392 Method of supporting nucleus pulposus 74 2003
2004/0220,577 Methods and apparatus for forming shaped axial bores through spinal vertebrae 31 2004
2005/0261,695 Method and apparatus for spinal distraction and fusion 49 2005
2007/0010,717 Methods of performing procedures in the spine 57 2006
2007/0055,260 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING POSTERIOR OR ANTERIOR TRANS-SACRAL ACCESS TO SPINAL VERTEBRAE 22 2006
2008/0004,707 Prosthetic nucleus apparatus and method 32 2007

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TRANS1 INC. (5)
8,034,055 Method and apparatus for providing access to a presacral space 4 2009
8,292,928 Method and apparatus for spinal distraction and fusion 0 2009
8,105,365 Methods and apparatus for performing therapeutic procedures in the spine 2 2010
8,308,777 Method and apparatus for removable spinal implant extending between at least two adjacent vertebral bodies 0 2010
8,317,867 Methods and apparatus for performing therapeutic procedures in the spine 0 2012

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