System and method for sizing, inserting and securing artificial disc in intervertebral space

US8597357B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey L. Trudeau · Marquette, US
• Brian Patrick Janowski · Marquette, US
• Thomas S. Kilpela · Marquette, US
• Tim Brown · San Juan Capistrano, US
• Michael R. Jackson · Del Mar, US
• Qi-Bin Bao · Boxborough, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 3, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2310/00796
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A prosthetic spinal implant having a deployable securing mechanism that is deployable into a portion of the vertebral space for affixing the implant between the vertebrae, the securing mechanism having tactile feedback means comprising a surface for transmitting tactile feedback during deployment of the securing mechanism. A spinal implant having deployable securing means that interface with the implant to prevent the deployable securing means from retracting after deployment. An implant that utilizes its resilient properties to provide the user with tactile feedback with which the user may ascertain the position of the securing mechanism. A system and tools for sizing and implanting implants with the aforementioned characteristics.