US 12,232,971 B1
Method and apparatus for directional guidance in the performance of a partial vertebrectomy within a cervical spine
Robert E. Simonson, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed by Robert E. Simonson, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/795,320.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/44 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1707 (2013.01); A61B 17/1757 (2013.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61B 2017/0023 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising: providing a guidance device for guiding a bone removal instrument for the removal of bone from a cervical vertebra and providing a vertebral body replacement device for placement into a void in the cervical vertebra between two endplates of the cervical vertebra during the course of an anterior spinal surgical procedure upon the cervical spine wherein the vertebral body replacement device has been given a PLR product code from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).