Patent ID: 7527629

Claim:
A method for fitting an intervertebral prosthesis into an intervertebral space between two vertebral bodies, comprising: removing an intervertebral disk, positioning and securing an intervertebral plate of an adjustment instrument in the intervertebral space, sliding a hub of a guide device onto an adjustment rod projecting from the intervertebral plate in such a way that the guide device defines two guide axes made by through holes in a median plane above and below the adjustment rod and parallel thereto, introducing two pins into the vertebral bodies in the direction of the guide axes, thereafter, connecting a distraction forceps to the pins so that they are held parallel to one another, removing the guide device from the adjustment rod, setting a spacing of the intervertebral bodies, removing the adjustment rod, and working the intervertebral space as desired, thereby fitting the intervertebral prosthesis.