Patent ID: 9060813
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of performing spinal fixation surgery, comprising: (a) creating an operative corridor to a surgical target site, the surgical target site at least partially comprising an occipito-cervical region of a human spine, the occipito-cervical region including an occiput, a pair of occipital condyles, and at least two cervical vertebrae; (b) implanting a plurality of vertebral fixation elements in a posterior aspect of at least one of said cervical vertebrae; (c) implanting a condylar fixation element in each of said occipital condyles; (d) implanting at least one rod member, said rod member attached to one of said condylar fixation elements and at least one of said vertebral fixation elements; (e) locking said spinal rod to said condylar fixation element and said at least one vertebral fixation element; and (f) closing said operative corridor.