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Devices and methods for cutting a vertebral implant

US7819043B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.

Inventors

Dean G. Karahalios · Indianapolis, US
Danny Braddock · Germantown, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 27, 2006
Grant date	Oct 26, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 26, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T83/9372
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present application is directed to devices and methods for cutting a spinal implant. In one embodiment, the device includes a handle and a head. The handle is sized to receive a predetermined length of the implant. A head is rotatably attached to the handle and includes a blade. After the implant is inserted into the handle, the head is rotated causing the blade to move around the implant and cut an excessive length from the predetermined length.

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