Cervical bone preparation tool and implant guide systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8298236
APP PUB NO 20100036442A1
SERIAL NO

12579663

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Disclosed herein are various tools and devices for use in spinal surgery. In one embodiment, a spinal guide device is provided having a guide member with a positioning element that is adapted to engage a portion of a vertebra to position the guide member relative to the vertebra. The guide member can also include a retractor guide that is adapted to guide a retractor therethrough to retract tissue adjacent to the distal end of the guide member. Various tissue retractors, bone preparation tools, and spinal implants are also disclosed.

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DEPUY SPINE INCMASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Doherty, Thomas V Latham, US 39 3796
Kelly, James N. Easton, US 146 2236
Lauryssen, Carl Beverly Hills, US 29 1529

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