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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Bio2 Technologies, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Inventors:
Casey S Lewis, Medford, MA (US);
Janet L Krevolin, Somerville, MA (US);
Barry Fell, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Assignee:
NOVUM MEDICAL, INC., Woburn, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30604 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4622 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4628 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4681 (2013.01);
Abstract
An insertion instrument for inserting an implant in an intervertebral space is provided. The instrument includes a housing with an inner shaft with a device holder on the distal end and a locking lever on a shaft pin on the proximate end. The device holder has a gripping surface that engages the implant through an actuating mechanism through the locking lever. The instrument is operable to insert the implant into a vertebral space through impaction and is extracted without disturbing the placement of the implant.