Enhanced cage insertion assembly
US10966840B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 13, 2018 |
| Grant date | Apr 6, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2310/00239
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of delivering a fusion cage to an intervertebral disc space bounded by adjacent vertebral endplates, comprising the step of delivering the fusion cage into the disc space without contacting its teeth to the vertebral endplates during delivery, wherein a sheath is interposed between a cage surface and the endplates to prevent contact therebetween during delivery.
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