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Method for implanting a laminoplasty

  • US 6,997,953 B2
  • Filed: 01/22/2004
  • Issued: 02/14/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for implanting a medical device, comprising:

  • forming at least one cut in a portion of a vertebra of a patient'"'"'s spine to separate the vertebra into at least two halves; and

    positioning opposed ends of an elongate body between two halves of the vertebra to enlarge a spinal canal formed within the vertebra such that a slot-free anterior side is positioned adjacent to the spinal canal and a plurality of elongate slots formed in cephalad, caudal, and posterior sides of the elongate body are positioned away from the spinal canal.

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