Abstract: An improved device for filling a void created in the lamina during spinal surgery including a top layer, a bottom layer and a body portion. The body portion is attached to the top layer and the bottom layer and includes a compliant mesh portion. The compliant mesh portion includes a bone material with bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) growth factor entrained thereon. The body portion is adapted to be conformable to a void left in a vertebral space after a surgeon has performed a laminectomy or hemi-laminectomy procedure. The flexible top layer has a periphery larger than that of the bottom layer such that the body portion has a section that is oblique or perpendicular to another section of the body portion or the top layer to define a flange. A method of using the device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A device for covering and protecting the spinal cord of a patient after some or all of the spinous process or lamina has been removed. The device includes a main body adjustably attached to at least two rod attachment flanges such that each rod attachment flange may be adjusted closer and further from the main body. The rod attachment flanges are each attached to a pedicle rod having at least four pedicle screws attached thereto. The pedicle attachment screws are adapted for attachment to at least one vertebrae of the patient.

Abstract: A spine fixation device is described that includes an alignment plate having top and bottom surfaces for temporary attachment to a pair of adjacent vertebrae on a body, at least two surgical screws, and at least one spacer. The alignment plate is adapted not to move transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the spine. The plate includes at least two openings spaced from each other a distance such that at least two of the openings open onto adjacent vertebrae, and has a predetermined angle formed therein so as to position adjacent vertebrae at a predetermined angle. The adjacent vertebrae are thus fixedly secured at the predetermined angle by the plate.

Abstract: A spine fixation device is described that includes an alignment plate having top and bottom surfaces for temporary attachment to a pair of adjacent vertebrae on a body, at least two surgical screws, and at least one spacer. The alignment plate is adapted not to move transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the spine. The plate includes at least two openings spaced from each other a distance such that at least two of the openings open onto adjacent vertebrae, and has a predetermined angle formed therein so as to position adjacent vertebrae at a predetermined angle. The adjacent vertebrae are thus fixedly secured at the predetermined angle by the plate.