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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2014
Centinel Spine Llc, New York, NY (US);
Thierry Marnay, Castelnau le Lez, FR;
Rudolf Bertagnoli, Vienna, AT;
Francis P. Magee, Mackay, ID (US);
Stephan Eckhof, Rietheim-Weilheim, DE;
David L. Nichols, West Chester, PA (US);
Christophe Geisert, Hufingen, DE;
CENTINEL SPINE LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Instruments and methods for preparing an intervertebral space for receiving an implant. An adjustable trial implant has an adjustable stop mechanism having a stop member connected thereto to vary the distance that a body portion of the trial implant can move into the intervertebral space. Cutting tools for forming cutouts in the adjacent vertebrae use the trial implant and/or a guide to position a cutting tool which may be a burr or a chisel. The chisel cutting tool can be moveable relative to a selected trial implant or the chisel cutting tools can be fixed onto a trial implant shaped body portion.