Patent ID: 8403963
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A minimally invasive surgery method of spinal fixation comprising the steps of: creating one or more short percutaneous incisions in the back of a patient; inserting pedicle screws through said incisions and affixing said pedicle screws into multiple vertebrae, each of said pedicle screws comprising a rod-receiving head; affixing a guide wire to one of said pedicle screws, said guide wire thereby having an attached end and a free end; passing a medial portion of said guide wire through said pedicle screws, whereby said free end is not pulled through said patient and remains disposed outside of said patient; connecting an end of a fixation rod to said medial portion of said guide wire; pulling said free end of said guide wire such that said fixation rod is pulled into said rod-receiving heads of said pedicle screws; securing said fixation rod to said pedicle screws; and cutting said guide wire.