Interbody fusion devices with self-affixing mechanisms

US9351847B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Globus Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Don Reed · Philadelphia, US
• Aditya Ingalhalikar · Ashti, IN
• Jeff Nichols · Sarasota, US
• Brandon Preske · Newtown Square, US
• Mark Fromhold · Ardmore, US
• Colm McLaughlin · Glenside, US
• Mark Adams · Sandy, US
• Brian Garvey · Landenberg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 13, 2014
• Grant date: May 31, 2016
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2220/0016
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Interbody fusion devices including deployable fixation members. The implant may include a spacer, optionally, an end member coupled to the spacer, and one or more fixation members configured to extend into adjacent vertebrae. The fixation members may include screws, nails, shims, tangs, spikes, staples, pins, blades, fins, or the like, and combinations thereof.