Patent ID: 11911079
Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A method for treating a spine, the method comprising the steps of:
selecting a pathway from an anterior approach that includes cervical vertebrae;
creating a cavity in an anterior cortical surface of a cephalad cervical vertebra and a cavity in a cortical surface of a pedicle of the cephalad cervical vertebra, the cavities being created along the pathway via surgical navigation;
creating a cavity in an anterior cortical surface of a caudal cervical vertebra and a cavity in a cortical surface of a pedicle of the caudal cervical vertebra, the cavities being created along the pathway via surgical navigation;
delivering a spinal implant including an interbody device including a top surface and a bottom surface, a first bone fastener extending from the top surface and a second bone fastener extending from the bottom surface along the pathway via surgical navigation, each of the bone fasteners including a proximal portion and a distal portion;
fixing the proximal portion of the first bone fastener with an anterior cortical surface of a cephalad cervical vertebra and fixing the distal portion of the first bone fastener with a cortical surface of a pedicle of the cephalad cervical vertebra; and
fixing the proximal portion of the second bone fastener with an anterior cortical surface of a caudal cervical vertebra and fixing the distal portion of the second bone fastener with a cortical surface of a pedicle of the caudal cervical vertebra such that the first bone fastener and the second bone fastener are disposed along divergent anterior pedicle trajectories with the cervical vertebrae, and the cortical surfaces are spaced apart for bi-cortical fixation.