Abstract: A minimally invasive facet joint fusion including a method, instrumentation and autograft, cadaveric allograft or FDA approved pre-made, pre-shaped synthetic cortical bone grafts consistent with the description and Claims herein for use in minimally invasive, outpatient, arthroscopic spine surgery or classic open surgery and, more specifically, to fuse spinal facet joints from T12-L1 through L5-S1. This method serves as a primary or a revision surgery.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 22, 2004
Publication date:
May 25, 2006
Applicant:
Orthopedic Development Corporation, A Florida Corporation