Patents Assigned to Spine Cove, Inc.
  • Method of distracting vertebral bones
    Patent number: 6740119
    Abstract: A surgical treatment for distracting vertebral bodies to their proper anatomical spacing including sequentially inserting and removing a series of progressively wider cylindrical spacer elements into the intervertebral space between adjacent vertebral bones until the distance between the vertebral bones is anatomically appropriate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Spine Cove, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Ralph, Stephen Tatar, Thomas J. Errico