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Method for percutaneous arthroscopic disc removal, bone biopsy and fixation of the vertebrae
Assignee: Zimmer Spine Inc
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Filing: 1999-08-09
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Granted: 2001-01-16
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Expires: 2019-08-09
Abstract
Abstract The insertion points for guide pins used in percutaneous vertebral fixation by pedicle screw are determined by establishing an approach path on a CT image, measuring on the CT image the distance from the intersection of the approach path and the skin of the patient's back to the patient's midline, and marking off the corresponding distance while visualizing the patient by anteroposterior fluoroscopy. An longitudinally expansible pedicle screw comprises a shaft with bone-engaging threads on a distal portion, machine screw threads on a proximal portion, and a tubular extension having wrench-engageable holes on a proximal face, and internal threads engaging the machine screw threads on the proximal portion of the shaft. An oval cannula accommodates an arthroscope and forceps simultaneously for intervertebral disc surgery.
Inventors
- 👤 Parviz Kambin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 20:21
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/56; A61B17/58; A61B17/68; A61B17/70; A61B17/7001; A61B17/7002; A61B17/701; A61B17/16; A61B17/17; A61B17/1739; A61B17/1757; A61B17/7004; A61B17/7007; A61B17/1703; A61B17/84; A61B17/86; A61B17/8685; A61B17/00234; A61B2017/00238; A61B2017/00261
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A method of percutaneous spinal surgery comprising the steps of: scanning a patient by computed tomography, and producing an image of the patient in a transverse plane; determining, on said image, a desired path for insertion of a guide pin; measuring, on said image, the lateral distance from the patient's midline to the point at which said path intersects the skin of the patient's back; by viewing the patient's spine radiographically in the anterior-posterior direction, marking the skin of the patient's back directly over the midline, and marking the skin of the patient's back with a line extending transverse to the patient's midline in a plane corresponding to said transverse plane; and thereafter, establishing an insertion point on the patient's back, on the transverse line, at a distance equal to the lateral distance measured on said image.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
137 words
A method of percutaneous spinal surgery comprising the steps of: scanning a patient by computed tomography, and producing an image of the patient in a transverse plane; determining, on said image, a desired path for insertion of a guide pin; measuring, on said image, the lateral distance from the patient's midline to the point at which said path intersects the skin of the patient's back; by viewing the patient's spine radiographically in the anterior-posterior direction, marking the skin of the patient's back directly over the midline, and marking the skin of the patient's back with a line extending transverse to the patient's midline in a plane corresponding to said transverse plane; and thereafter, establishing an insertion point on the patient's back, on the transverse line, at a distance equal to the lateral distance measured on said image.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method of percutaneous spinal surgery according to claim 1 , including the step of inserting a guide pin through the patient's back and into a pedicle of a vertebra through the established insertion point.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
71 words
A method of percutaneous spinal surgery according to claim 2 , in which, following the inserting a guide pin into a pedicle, a cannulated drill is introduced over the guide pin, driven through the medullary canal of the pedicle into the vertebral body of the vertebra, and then removed; thereafter a cannula is inserted into the pedicle; and a biopsy forceps is passed through the cannula for harvesting of abnormal tissue.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
77 words
A method of percutaneous spinal surgery according to claim 1 , in which the step of marking the skin of the patient's back directly over the midline is preceded by the step of placing a straight, narrow, radiopaque element on the patient's back over the midline, viewing said element radiographically while viewing the patient's spine radiographically, and adjusting the position of the element in relation to the patient's spine until it is positioned directly over the midline.
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