Patent ID: 8435268
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of performing a procedure for implanting a spinal correction apparatus, comprising: creating an access opening in the skin of a patient; removing tissue from a first vertebral body of the patient to expose a spinous process of the first vertebral body, wherein the tissue is removed from the first vertebral body without exposure of each facet joint of the first vertebral body; and coupling a first attachment device to the spinous process, wherein the attachment device is configured to allow the transmission of a corrective force from at least one elongate rod to the patient's spinal column, wherein the tissue of the first vertebral body is removed from the first vertebral body such that only the spinous process of the vertebral body is exposed, the method further comprising implanting the entirety of the spinal correction system, wherein the spinal correction system comprises the at least one elongate rod and a tubular member configured to slidably receive the elongate rod, and wherein the spinal correction system further comprises a second elongate rod, a second tubular member configured to slidably receive the second elongate rod, a rod coupling device configured to couple the rods together such that the rods are fixed in rotation with respect to each other at the point of coupling, and at least one spinal coupling device configured to couple each tubular member to the attachment device.