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Methods for Deploying Spinal Motion Preservation Assemblies

  • US 20080195156A1
  • Filed: 03/07/2008
  • Published: 08/14/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for deploying a spinal motion preservation assembly in a motion segment accessed by an axial trans-sacral approach, the implanted spinal motion preservation assembly comprising a distal component and a proximal component both with external threads, an implant subassembly extending between the distal and proximal components which comprises a pivot adapted for unconstrained engagement by means of dual pivot ends within both the distal component and the proximal component, and an expandable membrane which is expanded with a prosthetic nucleus material, the method comprising:

  • rotating a driver which simultaneously deploys the distal component and the proximal component to engage the distal component with a distal vertebral body and to engage the proximal component with a proximal vertebral body while maintaining a predetermined separation distance between the distal component and the proximal component and without cross threading the thread path cut into the proximal vertebral body;

    inserting a distal end of the pivot into the proximal end of the distal implant device assembly; and

    selectively advancing a portion of the proximal implant device assembly to push the pivot against the distal implant device assembly to change the distribution of loading between A) the prosthetic nucleus and B) the external threads on the proximal component and the external threads on the distal component.

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