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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
May. 15, 2020
Life Spine, Inc., Huntley, IL (US);
Daniel P. Predick, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Madeline Wolters, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Michael S. Butler, St. Charles, IL (US);
Life Spine, Inc., Huntley, IL (US);
Abstract
A steerable expandable implant including a base member, an adjustable member coupled to the base member, the adjustable member movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position, a pivot member rotatably received by the base member and configured to receive a tool such that the tool and the pivot member are rotatable relative to the base member between a first position and a second position, wherein the pivot member is translationally fixed relative to the base member, and a first control member received by the base member, wherein manipulation of the first control member causes the adjustable member to move between the collapsed position and the expanded position.