Patent ID: 8728132

Claim:
A method for using an internal pedicle insulator implant, comprising: inserting a pedicle screw in a pedicle; providing an internal pedicle insulator implant comprising a sheet having a first side for facing the pedicle screw and an opposing second side, the first side being shaped to complement an exterior shape of the pedicle screw; after inserting the pedicle screw in the pedicle, inserting the internal pedicle insulator implant into the pedicle such that the internal pedicle insulator implant is positioned between a nerve and the pedicle screw, with the first side of the internal pedicle insulator implant being positioned adjacent to the pedicle screw; applying material in the vicinity of the nerve through a fenestration in the pedicle screw such that the material is blocked from contacting the nerve by the internal pedicle insulator implant.