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Methods and devices for minimally invasive spinal fixation element placement

  • US 7,527,638 B2
  • Filed: 12/16/2003
  • Issued: 05/05/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A minimally invasive method for delivering a spinal fixation rod to a spinal anchor site, comprising:

  • percutaneously delivering a spinal screw to a vertebra with a percutaneous access device mated to the spinal screw, the percutaneous access device including a lumen extending therethrough and defining a longitudinal axis;

    manipulating a spinal fixation rod extending lengthwise through the lumen in the percutaneous access device in a first orientation substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the percutaneous access device to extend in a second orientation angled with respect to the first orientation to position the spinal fixation rod in relation to the spinal screw.

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