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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2020
Astura Medical Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Fred Murillo, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Thomas Purcell, Carlsbad, CA (US);
ASTURA MEDICAL INC., Irving, TX (US);
Abstract
A fixation member inserter instrument attaches to an interbody spacer and assists in the insertion of the interbody spacer into the intravertebral spacer. The distal end of the fixation member inserter instrument includes a fixation member guide with two or more fixation members that is configured to simultaneously deliver the two or more fixation members during the fixation member impaction process. The interbody spacer is attached to the inserter instrument by a threaded rod adjacent to the main body of the fixation member inserter instrument. There is an impaction rod extending through the device which connects to the two or more fixation members in the fixation member guide. When the impaction rod is impacted on a proximal end, the distal end contacts the two or more fixation members simultaneously and forces them into the vertebral body at the same time.