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Implant for stabilizing a bone graft during spinal fusion

  • US 20060276897A1
  • Filed: 12/14/2005
  • Published: 12/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for retaining a fusion plug in place in the disk space between adjacent vertebrae, the method including:

  • selecting a buttress plate having an anchoring plate and an intervertebral plate with the intervertebral plate connected to the buttress plate;

    positioning the anchoring plate relative to a vertebra and the intervertebral plate relative to the fusion plug; and

    anchoring the anchoring plate into the vertebra with the intervertebral plate positioned over the fusion plug so that the fusion plug can not be expelled from between the disk space.

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