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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Uncinate Joint, Llc, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey John Larson, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);
Theodore P. Bertele, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
UNCINATE JOINT, LLC, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4405 (2013.01); A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 17/7058 (2013.01); A61B 17/7062 (2013.01); A61B 17/8014 (2013.01); A61F 2/2846 (2013.01); A61F 2/446 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01); A61F 2/4684 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2835 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3055 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30062 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3085 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3093 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30433 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30624 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30754 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30985 (2013.01); A61F 2002/448 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4475 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4635 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00017 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00029 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00059 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for distracting uncinate joints of a cervical spine segment includes two tapered elements and an actuator configured to couple with the tapered elements and change distance between the tapered elements, to insert the tapered elements into the uncinate joints, respectively, from the intervertebral disc space of the cervical spine segment.