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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Seaspine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SEASPINE, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4425 (2013.01); A61F 2/44 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/447 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3055 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30373 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30471 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30522 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30538 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30904 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4623 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4629 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implant having a base with a first contact surface and a hinged element, hingedly interconnected with a first portion of the base, providing a second contact surface. The first portion of the base is displaceable relative to a second portion so that the base can be shortened from an initial length towards a second length. A linking segment is hingedly connected to both the second portion of the base and to the hinged element so that shortening of the base causes the linking segment to push a region of the hinged element away from the base, thereby changing an angle of the second contact surface relative to the first contact surface.