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`54) METHOD FOR INSERTING AN ARTIFICIAL
`IMPLANT BETWEEN TWO ADJACENT
`VERTEBRAE ALONG A CORONAL PLANE
`
`75)
`
`Inventor: Gary Karlin Michelson, Venice, CA
`(US)
`
`73) Assignee: Warsaw OrthopedicG Inc., Warsaw, IN
`(US)
`
`* ) Notice:
`
`Subject to any disclaimer. the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
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`21) App1.No.: 13/306,583
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`65)
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`Filed:
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`Nov. 29, 2011
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`Prior Publication Data
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`ABSTRACT
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`A method for inserting an artificial implant between two
`adjacent vertebrae along a coronal plane.
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`30 Claims, 14 Drawing Sheets
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