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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
IN Queue Innovations Llc, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Andrew Lamborne, Golden, CO (US);
Patrick Hunt, Broomfield, CO (US);
Joel Helgerson, Broomfield, CO (US);
Troy Woolley, Broomfield, CO (US);
Richard Fessler, Winnetka, IL (US);
Clint Hill, Broomfield, CO (US);
K. Brandon Strenge, Broomfield, CO (US);
Kenneth Little, Broomfield, CO (US);
Alex Speciale, Broomfield, CO (US);
IN QUEUE INNOVATIONS, LLC, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Abstract
An expandable fusion cage system includes an expandable fusion cage having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a hinge portion coupling the lower portion and the upper portion at their distal ends. Positioned between the upper and lower portions is an expansion element that when moved in the proximal direction causes the cage to expand at its proximal end. The system can also include inserter instruments, expandable distraction instruments, and bone funnels.