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Expandable interbody fusion implant

US8486149B2 · kind B2 · utility

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32Claims

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Assignee

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

Sean Saidha · Franklin, US
Michael White · Liestal, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 23, 2011
Grant date	Jul 16, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 23, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2310/00179
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is an expandable interbody fusion implant that is configured to have an initial configuration having a first footprint width suitable for being inserted into an intervertebral space and an expanded configuration having a second footprint width that is greater than the first footprint width. The implant may include a first body member and a second body member that is pivotally coupled to the first body member. The implant may be expanded using an inflatable balloon. The implant may be expanded bilaterally such that both body members rotate relative to the other or the implant may be expanded unilaterally such that one of the body members rotates relative to the other.

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