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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2015
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Tyler S. Stevenson, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Nicholas M. Benson, Cordova, TN (US);
Richard L. Brown, Mesa, AZ (US);
Calvert S. Bontemps, Germantown, TN (US);
Newton H. Metcalf, Memphis, TN (US);
Larry Tyler, Mesa, AZ (US);
Kevin T. Foley, Germantown, TN (US);
Mark E. Henschel, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Michael W. Barror, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A spinal implant includes an implant body including a first endplate and a second endplate. A plurality of electrodes include at least one electrode disposed with the first endplate and at least one electrode disposed with the second endplate such that the electrodes conduct an electric current to stimulate tissue growth adjacent the implant body. Systems, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.