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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Inventors:
Ty Hessler, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Chad Glerum, Pennsburg, PA (US);
Mark Weiman, Downingtown, PA (US);
Albert Hill, Richboro, PA (US);
Myles Sullivan, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Globus Medical Inc., Exton, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30149 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4485 (2013.01);
Abstract
Articulating expandable fusion devices, systems, instruments, and methods thereof. The articulating expandable fusion implant having a plurality of links is capable of being deployed and articulated inside an intervertebral disc space link by link. After the links are articulated into a polygonal shape, the links may be expanded outwardly into an expanded configuration. Instruments may be provided to articulate and expand the implant.