Patent ID: 6626905
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A surgical procedure for stabilizing an intervertebral joint between adjacent first and second vertebral bodies, said first and second vertebral bodies each having a first lateral side and a second lateral side on opposite sides of a sagittal plane passing through a midline of said first and second vertebral bodies, the procedure comprising a step of:anchoring a first pedicle screw into said first lateral side of said first vertebral body; anchoring a first pedicle screw into said first lateral side of said second vertebral body; forming an implant bore between said adjacent first and second vertebrae for receiving an intervertebral implant; and inserting an intervertebral implant having a longitudinal axis into said implant bore, said longitudinal axis of said intervertebral implant oriented oblique to said sagittal plane.