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Methods and apparatuses for percutaneous implant delivery

  • US 20060030850A1
  • Filed: 07/19/2005
  • Published: 02/09/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for treating the spine, comprising:

  • advancing a guidewire through the skin of a patient along a percutaneous path to a target location of a vertebra;

    advancing an implant over the guidewire to the target location of the vertebra;

    coupling the implant with the vertebra at the target location;

    after coupling the implant with the vertebra, advancing an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end until the distal end is adjacent the target location, the elongate body having an inner surface defining a passage extending therethrough; and

    performing a procedure at the target location.

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