INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR INSERTING ARTIFICIAL INTERVERTEBRAL DISC IMPLANTS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide instruments and methods for inserting artificial intervertebral disc implants that have a moving center of rotation which is at all times maintained within a disc space at the rotational center of the hemispherical ball, for safely and efficiently implanting interver...

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1. Verfasser:	DUDASIK MICHAEL W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
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:	PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide instruments and methods for inserting artificial intervertebral disc implants that have a moving center of rotation which is at all times maintained within a disc space at the rotational center of the hemispherical ball, for safely and efficiently implanting intervertebral discs.SOLUTION: Apparatuses and methods for preparing a disc space and inserting an intervertebral disc implant therein are disclosed. Among the various instruments, there are disclosed a midline marker (1000), a reference pin drill and insertion guide (1060), a fin drill guide (1314), a chisel guide (1450), a sizer (1508), a serrated broach (1636), an implant dispenser (1756), and an implant insertion tool (1800). Methods of utilizing these tools are also disclosed.