Katherine M Torres

US Patent:

7993376, Aug 9, 2011

Filed:

Nov 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/164643

Inventors:

Dominique Verhulst - Schilde, BE
Amie Borgstrom - Stanford CA, US
John Riley Hawkins - Cumberland RI, US
SeungKyu Daniel Kwak - Grafton MA, US
William Dunbar - Bethlehem CT, US
Katherine Torres - Westport MA, US

Assignee:

DePuy Spine, Inc. - Raynham MA

International Classification:

A61B 17/88

US Classification:

606279

Abstract:

Various methods and devices are provided for implanting a motion segment repair system. In particular, exemplary methods and devices are provided for implanting a spinal disc implant and/or a PDS device using a posterior surgical approach, including methods and devices for distracting adjacent vertebrae using a posterior surgical approach, methods and devices for posteriorly introducing a spinal implant into a disc space between adjacent vertebrae, and methods and devices for coupling a PDS device to the adjacent vertebrae to provide a complete motion segment repair system that is implanted using a posterior surgical approach.

US Patent:

20110172722, Jul 14, 2011

Filed:

Jan 20, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/010105

Inventors:

Dominique Verhulst - Schilde, BE
Amie Borgstrom - Stanford CA, US
John Riley Hawkins - Cumberland RI, US
SeungKyu Daniel Kwak - Grafton MA, US
William Dunbar - Bethlehem CT, US
Katherine Torres - Westport MA, US

Assignee:

DEPUY SPINE, INC. - Raynham MA

International Classification:

A61B 17/88

US Classification:

606 86 A

Abstract:

Various methods and devices are provided for implanting a motion segment repair system. In particular, exemplary methods and devices are provided for implanting a spinal disc implant and/or a PDS device using a posterior surgical approach, including methods and devices for distracting adjacent vertebrae using a posterior surgical approach, methods and devices for posteriorly introducing a spinal implant into a disc space between adjacent vertebrae, and methods and devices for coupling a PDS device to the adjacent vertebrae to provide a complete motion segment repair system that is implanted using a posterior surgical approach.