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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
May. 10, 2022
Life Spine, Inc., Huntley, IL (US);
Garrett D. Lauf, Hampshire, IL (US);
Daniel P. Predick, Wheat Ridge, CO (US);
Madeline Wolters, St. Charles, IL (US);
Michael S. Butler, St. Charles, IL (US);
Life Spine, Inc., Huntley, IL (US);
Abstract
A steerable expandable implant having a lower support member and an upper support member, the upper support member movable relative to the lower support member between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The implant also includes a first control member coupled to the lower support member, where manipulation of the first control member causes the lower support member to move relative to the upper support member. The implant further includes a pivot member configured to receive a tool, the tool and the pivot member rotatable relative to the lower support member between a first position and a second position, where the pivot member includes an aperture and an axis of the aperture is angularly offset from an axis of the first control member in the first position and the axis of the aperture is angularly aligned with the axis of the first control member in the second position.