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Method of performing an anchor implantation procedure within a disc

  • US 9,706,947 B2
  • Filed: 01/31/2011
  • Issued: 07/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of performing a procedure on an intervertebral disc of a functional spine unit comprising:

  • advancing at least a portion of a distal end of an implantation instrument into disc tissue,wherein said implantation instrument comprises a probe;

    wherein said probe is releasably coupled to an implant;

    wherein the implant is coupled to an anchor;

    wherein said anchor is configured to penetrate a portion of a vertebral body adjacent the intervertebral disc;

    retracting at least a portion of the implantation instrument such that at least a portion of the implant is placed between an anulus lamella and a portion of a nucleus of the intervertebral disc; and

    implanting at least a portion of said anchor in the adjacent vertebral body.

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