×

Disk flow and methods therefor

  • US 5,163,939 A
  • Filed: 03/20/1992
  • Issued: 11/17/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. In an operative site including a spinal cord, a plurality of vertebrae surrounding said spinal cord along a length thereof, and disk tissue located between said vertebrae, a method of grasping a fragment of disk tissue located anterior to said spinal cord between two of said vertebrae comprising the steps of:

  • exposing said operative site,inserting a first end of a first instrument between said two vertebrae on one side of said spinal cord,inserting a first end of a second instrument between said two vertebrae on another side of said spinal cord,engaging said disk tissue fragment with said first end of said first instrument,biasing said disk tissue fragment with said first end of said first instrument towards said first end of said second instrument, andgrasping said disk tissue fragment with said first end of said second instrument.

View all claims
  • 0 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×