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Devices and techniques for a posterior lateral disc space approach

  • US 7,481,812 B2
  • Filed: 05/26/2006
  • Issued: 01/27/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An instrument for inserting a spinal implant, comprising:

  • a proximal portion including a handle and a shaft extending distally from said handle along a first axis; and

    an implant engaging portion at a distal end of said shaft, said implant engaging portion having a first member and a second member extending along a second axis that is obliquely oriented to said first axis, said second member movable in a direction of said second axis and along said first member from a first position wherein the spinal implant is insertable between said first and second members to a second position wherein said first member and said second member engage the spinal implant therebetween.

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