Patent ID: 11857431
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A method of performing a transcorporeal procedure including placement of a Vertebral Body Replacement device into a transcorporeal void 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, beginning anteriorly and extending inwardly toward the epidural space, the working channel extending from an anterior wall through a posterior wall; and
placing the Vertebral Body Replacement device within the working channel, the placement of the vertebral body replacement device leaving a superior endplate and an inferior endplate of the single vertebra to perform their function and leaving at least a portion of the intervertebral disc functional thereby avoiding an intervertebral fusion to an adjacent vertebra, wherein the Vertebral Body Replacement device has been given a PLR product code from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).