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Patent No.:

US 11801147 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2020

Monoblock implant and method for cervical spine fusion surgery

Applicant:

Uncinate Joint, Llc, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey John Larson, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);

Theodore P. Bertele, Longmont, CO (US);

Assignee:

UNCINATE JOINT, LLC, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);

Attorney:

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Primary Examiner:

Julianna N Harvey

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 17/7053 (2013.01); A61B 17/7059 (2013.01); A61B 17/7062 (2013.01); A61F 2/4405 (2013.01); A61F 2/447 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2/4684 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00261 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02); A61F 2002/3055 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30538 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30593 (2013.01);
Abstract

A monoblock implant for fusing a cervical motion segment includes (a) an interbody portion configured to be positioned between superior and inferior vertebral bodies, of the cervical motion segment, with a first side of the interbody portion facing a first uncinate joint of the cervical motion segment and a second side of the interbody portion facing a second uncinate joint of the cervical motion segment, (b) a first wing extending away from the first side to extend into the first uncinate joint, and (c) a second wing extending away from the second side to extend into the second uncinate joint.

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