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ACCESS AND TISSUE MODIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

  • US 20100004654A1
  • Filed: 07/01/2009
  • Published: 01/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of placing an inner spinous distractor within a body using a pullwire having a tissue-penetrating distal end and a proximal end, the method comprising:

  • extending a pullwire across an inner spinous ligament between two spinous processes so that the proximal end of the pullwire extends from a first position outside of the body, and the distal end of the pull wire extends from a second position outside of the body; and

    pulling the distal end of the pullwire to pull a spinous process distractor from the first position into the inner spinous ligament between the two spinous processes.

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