GUIDE SLEEVE FOR OFFSET VERTEBRAE

A guide sleeve (50) with longitudinally offset bone engaging portions (72, 74) is provided for engagement with anterior-posterior offset vertebral bodies. In one aspect of the invention the guide tube (50) has fixed bone engaging portions in a predetermined offset position. In another form of the in...

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Hauptverfasser:	COMEY, CHRISTOPHER, RAY, EDDIE F., III, HAID, REGIS W., JR, MOORE, JEFFREY D, ESTES, BRADLEY T
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DIAGNOSIS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES SURGERY TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A guide sleeve (50) with longitudinally offset bone engaging portions (72, 74) is provided for engagement with anterior-posterior offset vertebral bodies. In one aspect of the invention the guide tube (50) has fixed bone engaging portions in a predetermined offset position. In another form of the invention, the guide sleeve (80) is composed of at least two movably connected portions (82, 84) adapted to permit adjustment of the offset between the bone engaging portions (91, 93). Further, a method is provided for using a guide sleeve (50, 80) with offset bone engaging portions.