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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2019
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Michael J. O'Neil, West Barnstable, MA (US);
Roman Lomeli, Plymouth, MA (US);
John Riley Hawkins, Cumberland, RI (US);
Christopher Ramsay, West Wareham, MA (US);
Zoher Bootwala, Foxboro, MA (US);
Jennifer DiPietro, North Easton, MA (US);
John Griffin, Boston, MA (US);
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
An expandable trial can include an inferior portion, a superior portion, and a middle expanding portion as well as load cells for monitoring the load on the trial. The trial may also include recesses on its lateral sides to provide spacing to accommodate a disc removal tool so tissue can be cleared monitoring load. In addition, neural foramen spacing can be monitoring to provide information about how much neural release has been achieved as the disc is cleaned and the spine is positioned and repositioned.