Patent ID: 11918258
Assignee: SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of treating a spine, comprising:
passing a proximal end of a fastener member through a lumen of a facet reinforcement device;
passing the proximal end of the fastener member through a first articular process of a facet joint;
passing the proximal end of the fastener member through a second articular process of the facet joint;
passing the proximal end of the fastener member through a fastener of the fastener member, thereby retaining the facet reinforcement device; and
engaging a roughened surface of the facet reinforcement device with an outer surface of the first articular process of the facet joint, wherein bone grows into the roughened surface to secure the facet reinforcement device to the outer surface of the first articular process of the facet joint.