Patent ID: 11925564
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 5:
6. A method of performing a partial vertebrectomy procedure including placement of a Vertebral Body Replacement (VBR) device into a transcorporeal void created within a cervical spine, the method comprising:
creating a working channel through a vertebral body of a single vertebra by removing at least a portion of the vertebral body of the single vertebra, the working channel extending from an anterior wall through a posterior wall; and
placing the VBR device within the working channel, the placement of the VBR device leaving a superior endplate and an inferior endplate of the single vertebra functionally intact and leaving at least a portion of the intervertebral disc functional thereby avoiding an intervertebral fusion to an adjacent vertebra, wherein the VBR device has been given a PLR product code from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).