1. A method of impaction grafting to facilitate interbody fusion between adjacent vertebral bodies, the method comprising:
providing an anchored implant comprising a bone anchoring member and a graft engagement member;
providing bone graft material;
accessing a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies;
inserting the bone graft material within the disc space;
driving said bone anchoring member into an outer surface of at least one of the adjacent vertebral bodies along a direction of access;
impacting said inserted bone graft material;
displacing said inserted bone graft material further into the disc space with the graft engagement member; and
recessing the bone anchoring member within said outer surface of said at least one adjacent vertebral body.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising removing at least a portion of an intervertebral disc within the disc space.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein removing at least a portion of an intervertebral disc within the disc space comprises removing a portion of the anulus fibrosus.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein removing at least a portion of an intervertebral disc within the disc space comprises removing a portion of the nucleus pulposus.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising inserting a fusion cage within the disc space.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein compacting said inserted bone graft material comprises compacting said inserted bone graft material against said fusion cage.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising applying continuous force to the inserted graft material.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the bone graft material comprises autograft or allograft material.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the bone graft material comprises xenograft material.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the bone graft material comprises synthetic material.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing the disc space comprises penetrating an anulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disc and forming a hole through the anulus fibrosus.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein driving said bone anchoring member into an outer surface of at least one of the adjacent vertebral bodies comprises driving said bone anchoring member into the outer surface at an angle substantially parallel to the endplate surfaces of the adjacent vertebral bodies.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein recessing the bone anchoring member within said outer surface of said at least one adjacent vertebral body comprises recessing the bone anchoring member such that a trailing end of the bone anchoring member is recessed greater than 1 mm within the outer surface of said at least one adjacent vertebral body.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies comprises accessing the disc space using a posterior lumbar interfusion approach.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies comprises accessing the disc space using a transforaminal lumbar interfusion approach.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies comprises accessing the disc space using an anterior lumbar interfusion approach.
17. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies comprises accessing the disc space using an extreme lateral interfusion approach.
18. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjacent vertebral bodies comprise vertebral bodies of two adjacent lumbar, thoracic, or cervical vertebrae.
19. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a weakened or affected intervertebral disc.
20. The method of claim 1, further comprising augmenting a diseased vertebral endplate surface caused by said accessing the disc space.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for providing satellite radio service in a vehicle comprising:
installing a satellite radio module in the vehicle, the module being
(i) enabled to play at least a subset of signals the module receives from a satellite broadcast for the vehicle’s useful life, the subset being defined by activation information, and
(ii) configured to deactivate in the event the module receives a deactivation signal from the satellite broadcast;
collecting transaction information including a transaction date associated with the vehicle;
storing at least a subset of the transaction information in memory; and
transmitting a message including the transaction date to a satellite radio service provider such that a determination can be made regarding a preactivation duration.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the vehicle includes a vehicle identification number, and wherein the transaction information includes the vehicle identification number.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the module includes a module identification number, and wherein the transaction information includes the module identification number.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the transaction date is a module installation date.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the transaction date is a shipping date.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving a message including information about a sales event associated with the vehicle including a sales date.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising, after the step of installing the module in the vehicle, selling the vehicle.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the transaction date is a sales date.
9. A method for providing satellite radio service for a satellite radio module in a vehicle comprising:
receiving a message including a transaction date associated with the vehicle, the transaction date used to determine a preactivation duration;
determining whether the preactivation duration exceeds a predetermined period of time;
transmitting a signal containing deactivation information for the module if the preactivation duration exceeds the predetermined period of time; and
disabling the module from playing at least a subset of signals the module receives from a satellite broadcast based on the deactivation information.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein the preactivation duration begins after the module is installed in the vehicle.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein the message includes a module identification number or a vehicle identification number, and wherein the transaction date indicates the date on which the module was installed in the vehicle.
12. The method of claim 9 wherein the preactivation duration begins after the vehicle is shipped.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein the message includes a module identification number or a vehicle identification number, and wherein the transaction date indicates a date on which the vehicle was shipped.
14. The method of claim 9 wherein the preactivation duration begins after the vehicle is sold.
15. The method of claim 14 wherein the message includes a module identification number or a vehicle identification number, and wherein the transaction date indicates a date on which the vehicle was sold.
16. The method of claim 9 wherein the message comes from a vehicle manufacturer.
17. A method for providing satellite radio service for a satellite radio module in a vehicle comprising:
receiving a message including a transaction date associated with the vehicle, the transaction date used to determine a preactivation duration;
determining whether the preactivation duration exceeds a predetermined period of time; and
transmitting a signal containing deactivation information for the module if the preactivation duration exceeds the predetermined period of time to disable the module from playing at least a subset of signals the module receives from a satellite broadcast.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein the preactivation duration begins after the vehicle is shipped.
19. The method of claim 18 wherein the message includes a module identification number or a vehicle identification number, and wherein the transaction date indicates a date on which the vehicle was shipped.
20. The method of claim 17 wherein the preactivation duration begins after the vehicle is sold.