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Articulating spinal implant

  • US 7,744,599 B2
  • Filed: 06/13/2007
  • Issued: 06/29/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of augmenting the spine, comprising the steps of:

  • providing an elongate catheter, having a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one lumen extending at least partially therethrough;

    advancing the distal end of the catheter in a cephalad direction substantially axially with respect to the spine at least partially through at least a portion of a previously created bore in the anterior surface of at least one vertebral body, the bore in fluid communication with at least one disc;

    expressing at least a first media from the catheter into the spine; and

    removing the catheter from the spine.

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