Patent ID: 9730684
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method for surgically treating the spine of a patient, the method comprising: positioning a patient on a surgical table; providing a first opening into a posterior portion of the patient; providing a second opening into a lateral portion of the patient; inserting a first device through the first opening into the patient to contact the spine in a first direction that is transverse to the coronal plane of the patient, the contact of the first device to the spine including fixed engagement of the first device to a first vertebral body; inserting a second device through the second opening into the patient to contact the spine in a second direction that is transverse to the sagittal plane of the patient, the contact of the second device to the spine including fixed engagement of the second device to the first vertebral body; and manipulating one of the first or second devices to move the first vertebral body relative to a second vertebral body; wherein the first and second openings are accessible simultaneously, and wherein the one of the first or second devices is a manipulation instrument, and, when the first and second devices are inserted into the patient, the position of the patient is stationary with respect to a portion of the table.