Spinal implant system and method for lumbar and lumbosacral fusion

US11141143B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.

Inventors

• Lindsey G. Waugh · Memphis, US
• Anthony J. Melkent · Germantown, US
• Jonathan E. Blackwell · Lakeland, US
• Thomas E. Drochner · Longmont, US
• Carrie L. Gowan · Memphis, US
• Bret M. Wilfong · Hernando, US
• Thomas A. Carls · Memphis, US
• Richard A. Hynes · Melbourne Beach, US
• D. Hal Silcox, III · Atlanta, US
• John A. Cowan · Ann Arbor, US
• Jean-Pierre Mobasser · Indianapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 24, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 12, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2310/00407
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A spinal implant comprises an implant body extending between an anterior surface and a posterior surface, and including a first vertebral engaging surface and a second vertebral engaging surface. The implant body includes an inner surface that defines at least a first cavity and a second cavity. The cavities are oriented to implant fasteners in alignment with an oblique surgical pathway relative to a bilateral axis of a subject body and adjacent an anterior portion of an intervertebral space of the subject body. Systems and methods are disclosed.