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Maximum support TLIF implant

US8663331B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Custom Spine, Inc. · US

Inventors

John W. McClellan, III · Omaha, US
Matthew P. McClellan · Lancaster, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 2007
Grant date	Mar 4, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 12, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2230/0004
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) implant to be placed in an intervertebral space includes a front member and a back member. The front member includes a first end having a hinge, a second end, a pair of lateral portions, a top wall and a bottom wall, an opening configured through the pair of lateral portions and a plurality of openings in each of the top wall and the bottom wall. The back member includes a first end having an arcuately-shaped attachment head comprising a receptor dimensioned and configured to accommodate the hinge of the front member, a second end, a pair of lateral portions, a top wall, a bottom wall and an opening configured through the pair of lateral portions. The top wall and the bottom wall of the back member further comprise a plurality of openings.

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