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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2022
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Mark Weiman, Downingtown, PA (US);
Myles Sullivan, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Carly Taubenkraut, Perkasie, PA (US);
Chad Glerum, Pennsburg, PA (US);
Corbett McLaughlin, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Abstract
Pedicle-based intradiscal fixation devices, systems, instruments, and methods thereof. A pedicle-based intradiscal implant for stabilizing an inferior vertebra and a superior vertebra may include a bendable rod configured to engage bone, a bone fastener defining a channel for receiving the bendable rod, and a locking cap for securing the bone fastener and the bendable rod. The implant may be positioned through a pedicle of an inferior vertebra and the bendable rod may be deployable into the vertebral body of the inferior vertebra, through the disc space, and into the vertebral body of the superior vertebra to stabilize the spine.