Patent · US Active

Intervertebral body fusion cage with keels and implantation methods

US8491653B2 · kind B2 · utility

75Cited by

192References

25Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.

Inventors

James F. Zucherman · San Francisco, US
Ken Y. Hsu · San Francisco, US
Henry A. Klyce · Piedmont, US
Charles J. Winslow · Walnut Creek, US
Scott A. Yerby · Montara, US
Steve Mitchell · Pleasant Hill, US
John J. Flynn · Concord, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 4, 2010
Grant date	Jul 23, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 12, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2310/00293
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An intervertebral implant has a fusion body with at least one keel that anchors the implant into cancellous bone of at least one vertebral body. A method for implantation includes lateral implantation of the implant.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.