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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2015
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Stanley T. Palmatier, Olive Branch, MS (US);
Keith M. Miller, Germantown, TN (US);
Charles L. Branch, Advance, NC (US);
William D. Armstrong, Memphis, TN (US);
Anthony J. Melkent, Memphis, TN (US);
Thomas E. Drochner, Memphis, TN (US);
Richard A. Hynes, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Jonathan E. Blackwell, Arlington, TN (US);
Kidong Yu, Memphis, TN (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
An interbody implant system is provided. The interbody implant system includes an implant having an engagement surface and an instrument including a first member and a second member that is movable relative to the first member. The first member is configured to capture the implant and the second member includes an interface configured to engage the engagement surface to releasably lock the implant in at least one orientation relative to the second member. The at least one of the engagement surface and the interface include at least one planar face. Methods of use are disclosed.