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Spinal implant system and method

Grant US12575938B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.

Inventors

Jeffrey W. Beale, Keith E. Miller, William Alan Rezach, Richard A Hynes

Abstract

A method for treating a spine includes the steps of: creating a surgical pathway in a body along a first surgical approach to a surgical site including vertebral tissue; creating a surgical pathway in the body along a second surgical approach to the surgical site including the vertebral tissue; disposing a fulcrum with an intervertebral disc space of the vertebral tissue via the first surgical approach; and manipulating the vertebral tissue via the second surgical approach. Spinal implants, surgical instruments and systems are disclosed.

CPC Classifications

A61F 2/44 A61F 2/442 A61F 2/4425 A61F 2/4611

Filing Date

2024-06-05

Application No.

18733987

Claims

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