Devices and techniques for a posterior lateral disc space approach

Patent Number: 7967863, issued on 2011/06/28    
Applied on 2008/12/12
Inventor(s): George Frey, Mingyan Liu, Loic Josse, Lawrence Boyd
Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.

Abstract: This invention relates to devices and instruments for implant insertion through a posterior lateral opening to the disc space. The instruments include an implant inserter, and the devices include a spinal fusion implant engageable by the implant inserter. The implant provides bilateral support of the adjacent vertebrae when inserted into the disc space from a postero-lateral approach.