Patent ID: 9254149
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method for spine stabilization comprising the steps of: a) accessing the posterior side of a subject's spine, advancing a screw into the pedical entry surface of a first vertebra and partially into the vertebral body, but without exiting the anterior side of the vertebral body, b) repeating step (a) at a second vertebra; c) wherein the screws each comprise: d) accessing the anterior side of the spine, in both the first and second vertebra, drilling through an anterior surface of the vertebral body until the second drive sockets of the screws are encountered; e) engaging the second drive sockets and advancing the screws toward the anterior surface of the vertebral body; f) wherein at least one intervertebral stabilization structure is fixed between the first and second vertebra by attaching to the screws on at least one of the posterior side of the spine or the anterior side of the spine.