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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Samy Abdou, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Samy Abdou, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/4601 (2013.01); A61F 2/30744 (2013.01); A61F 2/4603 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2835 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30062 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3093 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30153 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30433 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30578 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30593 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30774 (2013.01); A61F 2002/448 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4629 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00017 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00029 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00131 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00179 (2013.01);
Abstract
Placement apparatus and methods of use for impanation of spacers within an inter-vertebral disc space. In one embodiment, the load-bearing superstructure of the implant is subdivided and the bone forming material is positioned within an internal space of the placement instrument but external to the load bearing elements themselves. At least a portion of the bone graft material is freely contained within the disc space. A method of using the device is also described. In one embodiment, the placement device is used to place the implantable spacers at opposing ends of the disc space using a directly lateral surgical approach.