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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
May. 22, 2017
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Tyler Hessler, Conshohocken, PA (US);
Chad Glerum, Pennsburg, PA (US);
Adam Friedrich, Cinnaminson, NJ (US);
Alex Burkhardt, Leola, PA (US);
Jason Zappacosta, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Kevin Gahman, Douglassville, PA (US);
Matthew Hansell, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Andrew Iott, Newtown Square, PA (US);
Hilliary Adams, Conshohocken, PA (US);
Jeff Nichols, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Joel Cryder, Warrington, PA (US);
Edward Karpowicz, Sewell, NJ (US);
John Matthews, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being inserted between adjacent vertebrae to facilitate the fusion process. The expandable fusion device may include first and second endplates, a translation member configured to expand an anterior side and/or posterior side of the device, a plurality of joists configured to connect the first and second endplates to the translation member, and first and second actuation members disposed internally to the device such that openings on a back side of the device can be used to expand or compress the anterior side, the posterior side, or both and such openings may also be used to introduce graft material into the device.