Vertebral body and disc space replacement devices

US6991653B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SDGI, LLC · US

Inventors

• John L. White · Kent, US
• Steven D. DeRidder · Strawberry Plains, US
• Bret Michael Berry · Tallahassee, US
• George Frey · Englewood, US
• Jeffrey D. Moore · Austin, US
• Jeffrey L. Scifert · Arlington, US
• Troy D. Drewry · Memphis, US
• Jeffrey S. Smithey · Collierville, US
• Eric C. Lange · Collierville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 21, 2003
• Grant date: Jan 31, 2006
• Expiry date: Jul 22, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S606/911
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A vertebral replacement device for supporting adjacent vertebrae includes a vertebral body member having at least one of an upper or lower disc replacement member engaged thereto at one end thereof. The disc replacement device can be positioned in a spinal disc space when disengaged from the vertebral body member.