US 12,232,778 B2
Bone tie methods
Jason Blain, Encinitas, CA (US); Taylor Semingson, San Diego, CA (US); and Gregory Thomas Bradford, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to Spinal Elements, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Spinal Elements, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/694,188.
Application 17/694,188 is a continuation of application No. 17/174,032, filed on Feb. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,304,733.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/976,596, filed on Feb. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218394 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7053 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00407 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 17/7083 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of treating vertebrae, the method comprising:
positioning a bone tie around a transverse process of a first vertebra,
positioning the bone tie around a transverse process of a second vertebra, and
positioning a fastener through a fastener portion of the bone tie and into an anatomical portion of the first vertebra or the second vertebra to anchor the bone tie to the anatomical portion,
wherein the bone tie forms a loop around the transverse process of the first vertebra and the transverse process of the second vertebra.