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Bone graft loading instruments and methods of connecting a bone graft to a bone plate

US8425515B2 · kind B2 · utility

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78References

22Claims

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Assignee

DePuy Spine, Inc. · US

Inventors

Thomas Gamache · Raynham, US
Michael Sorrenti · Bridgewater, US
Edward B. Zalenski · Lakeville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 30, 2009
Grant date	Apr 23, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 21, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/00526
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An instrument for positioning a bone graft relative to a bone plate includes an instrument body having a plurality of spaced apart graft chambers, a first one of the graft chambers having a first end, a second end, and a chamber length extending between the first end and the second end, the first end of the first graft chamber including a first chamber surface for receiving a first plate segment of a first bone plate, the second end of the first graft chamber including a second chamber surface for receiving a second plate segment of the first bone plate, the first graft chamber including a central chamber surface interposed between the first chamber surface and the second chamber surface for receiving a first bone graft, the central chamber surface having a first chamber length corresponding to the graft length of the first bone grafts.

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