Gerald R. Schell,Leighton LaPierre,Scott Noble,Ryan Arce,Jeffrey Schell
申请号：
US15791241
公开号：
US20180042735A1
申请日:
2017.10.23
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward a system and method for facilitating the fusion of two vertebral bodies utilizing an oblique lateral surgical trajectory. Certain embodiments disclose a method for a surgical approach into one or more interbody spaces between two vertebral bodies on a trajectory through Kambins Triangle. Certain embodiments of the invention include a method to open a pathway into a target area between two vertebral bodies of the spine using a series of one or more dilators. Certain embodiments of the invention comprise a system for placing an expandable interbody cage between two vertebral bodies. Certain embodiments of the invention incorporate a series of instruments to deliver an expandable interbody cage.
