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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2021
Linares Spinal Devices, Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Miguel A. Linares, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Kenneth Williford, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Linares Spinal Devices, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A spinal jack adapted for installation between first and second vertebral processes, including first and second inter-expandable jack halves arranged between retracted and expanded positions. Each of the jack halves further includes gripping portions adapted for engaging the vertebral processes. A worm gear mechanism provides for expanding or retracting the jack halves in order to establish a corrected adjusted orientation between the processes and includes each of stationary rotatable slave gears along with support stems with integrated worm gear interfaces for expanding the jack halves relative to each other.