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Bi-directional fixating transvertebral body screws and posterior cervical and lumbar interarticulating joint calibrated stapling devices for spinal fusion

US9301854B2 · kind B2 · utility

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100References

17Claims

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Inventors

Ahmnon D. Moskowitz · Rockville, US
Mosheh T. Moskowitz · Rockville, US
Nathan C. Moskowitz · Rockville, US
Pablo A. Valdivia Y. Alvarado · Cambridge, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 14, 2013
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 15, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2250/0007
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A tool assembly includes a universal, intervertebral bone fusion spacer for insertion into a disc space between a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body and fusion of the first vertebral body to the second vertebral body via biological bone fusion and screw fusion, and a tool for manipulating and inserting the universal, intervertebral bone fusion spacer into the disc space between the first vertebral body and the second vertebral body to provide fusion of the first vertebral body to the second vertebral body via biological bone fusion and screw fusion.

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