Paragraph Number

92

"Bone bore" refers to an apparatus, instrument, structure, device, component, member, system, assembly, or module structured, organized, configured, designed, arranged, or engineered to form a bore, hole, or tunnel into and/or through bone of a patient. Examples of a bone bore include a surgical drill bit, an awl, a pedicle probe, and the like. "Pedicle probe" refers to an apparatus, instrument, structure, device, component, member, system, assembly, or module structured, organized, configured, designed, arranged, or engineered to probe and/or explore a pedicle structure of a patient's bone. In certain embodiments, a pedicle probe can be used to determine where the pedicle is and how its configuration relates to other structures in the body. In certain embodiments, a pedicle probe can be inserted into a pedicle and pressed through bone of the pedicle to form a pilot hole through the pedicle for a fixation device.

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