Patent ID: 8945191
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of securing a spinal fixation device to an anterior portion of a spine, comprising: providing the spinal fixation device having a body including two longitudinal members extending between a pair of wedge members; forming two recesses within at least one vertebra of the spine; positioning the two longitudinal members at least partially within the two recesses; positioning a first one of the pair of wedge members at least partially in a first intervertebral space defined between adjacent end faces of adjacent vertebrae of the spine; positioning a second one of the pair of wedge members at least partially in a second intervertebral space defined between adjacent end faces of adjacent vertebrae of the spine; and securing the spinal fixation device to the anterior portion of the spine so that the spinal fixation device is in a minimal profile orientation relative to the anterior portion of the spine.