Patent ID: 9737337
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method for securing an intradiscal device between first and second vertebra, comprising the steps of: providing a first anchor having a first elongate cable extending therethrough, a second anchor having a second elongate cable extending therethrough and a third anchor having a third elongate cable extending therethrough, each elongate cable having first and second ends that extend from each anchor; attaching the first anchor to a first vertebra; attaching the second anchor and the third anchor to a second vertebra adjacent to said first vertebra; inserting an intradiscal device between the first and second vertebra; passing one or more of the first and second ends of the first elongate cable across a portion of the intradiscal device; passing one or more of the first and second ends of the second elongate cable across a portion of the intradiscal device; passing one or more of the first and second ends of the third elongate cable across a portion of the intradiscal device; and attaching the first end of the first elongate cable of the first anchor to at least one of the first ends of the second and third elongate cables of the second and third anchors so that the attached first ends of the first elongate cable of the first anchor and the second and third elongate cables of the second and third anchors extend from the first vertebra, across the intradiscal device positioned between the first and second vertebra, and to the second vertebra, and attaching the second end of the first elongate cable of the first anchor to the second end of the second elongate cable of the second anchor so that the attached second ends of the first elongate cable of the first anchor and the second elongate cable of the second anchor extend from the first vertebra, across the intradiscal device positioned between the first and second vertebra, and to the second vertebra, wherein attaching is accomplished by welding to secure the intradiscal device between the first and second vertebra; wherein the first end of the first elongate cable of the first anchor is attached to at least one of the first ends of the second and third elongate cables of the second and third anchors without attaching the first end of the first elongate cable of the first anchor to the second end of the first elongate cable of the first anchor.