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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2022
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Stanley K. Hayes, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Robert M. Loke, Memphis, TN (US);
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
An expandable implant may include an expandable body defined by a superior endplate and an inferior endplate that are hingedly coupled and may be expanded and lordosed. The superior endplate may include a first core having a distal engagement surface and the inferior endplate may include a second core having a proximal engagement surface and a threaded screw aperture. The implant may include a threaded breakoff screw disposed in the threaded screw aperture and movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, for example. In the locked position, the threaded locking screw may urge the distal engagement surface of the first core into direct contact with the proximal engagement surface of the second core. When broken, the breakoff screw may comprise a recessed fracture surface.