Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

Depuy Spine, Inc.

Sheryl Frank

Sean P Selover

Sara Dziedzic

Steve Connolly

Lorenzo Vaccarella

Michael J O'Neil

John Riley Hawkins

Nicholas Pavento

Douglas Raymond

Jonathan Bellas

Cody Cranson

Michael Toto

A method of trialing an intervertebral disc space, including the steps of creating the disc space, inserting a trial into the disc space, wherein the trial has i) a distal head having an upper surface and a lower surface connected by a pair of side walls, the side walls defining planes, and ii) a proximal rod, so that the head and rod form an obtuse angle and the rod extends through at least one of the planes defined by the side walls of the head.

Universal trial for lateral cages

A separate nub component between the plate and an intervertebral fusion cage, wherein the nub is attached to the plate. The nub lessens the undesired pivotal movement of the plate. It is believed that when the nub fits snugly between the endplates of the adjacent vertebral bodies, it acts as a stop against the undesired pivotal movement of the plate.

Nubbed plate

A surgical access system for providing access to a surgical site in a patient includes a surgical access device defining a port and a light emitter coupled to the surgical access device for illuminating the port. The light emitter preferably comprises an elongated shaft having a light transmitting element housed therein, which emits light transmitted to the elongated shaft from a light source. The elongated shaft is configured to be inserted in an elongated channel in the access device. The elongated channel has or forms a window for transmitting light emitted by the light emitter into the interior of the access device.

Illuminated surgical access system including a surgical access device and coupled light emitter

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Sheryl Frank