Percutaneous spinal implants and methods

A method includes positioning a medical device within a body between adjacent spinous processes, moving the medical device from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration within the body using an actuator removably coupled to the medical device, and removing the actuator from the body wh...

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Main Authors Malandain, Hugues F, Edidin, Avram Allan, Vandervelde, Robert Alexander
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.10.2011
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Summary:A method includes positioning a medical device within a body between adjacent spinous processes, moving the medical device from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration within the body using an actuator removably coupled to the medical device, and removing the actuator from the body while the medical device remains between the adjacent spinous processes.