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Instruments for expandable corpectomy spinal fusion cage

US8241294B2 · kind B2 · utility

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115References

4Claims

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Assignee

DePuy Spine, Inc. · US

Inventors

Robert E. Sommerich · Norton, US
Glen Presbrey · Pascoag, US
Martin Meer · Winnweiler, DE
Gerhard Pohl · St. Georgen, DE
Katherine Herard · Boston, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 26, 2008
Grant date	Aug 14, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 15, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2220/0033
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An instrument set for an intervertebral expandable spacer having a pair of co-axial annuluses locked together by an engagement member, the set including an inserter/expander having both a rapid expansion mechanism and a fine tuning expansion mechanism.

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