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Expanding interbody implant and articulating inserter and method

US7828849B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 22, 2004
Grant dateNov 9, 2010
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2250/0009
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for processing vertebral members having a spacer, a delivery device, and a deployer. The spacer includes at least first and second members with the first having at least one angled section and a contact surface, a second member having at least one angled section and a contact surface. The delivery device is attached to at least one of the first and second members. The first and second members being movable relative to one another for the angled sections to contact and expand the height of the device. The device is positionable between a first closed orientation having a first height, a second open orientation having a second height greater than the first height, and gradations therebetween. Methods of spacing vertebral members using the spacer are also disclosed.

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