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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 25, 2022
Loubert S. Suddaby, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Loubert S. Suddaby, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Abstract
An expandable intervertebral fusion implant, including a base, an inferior component arranged on a first side of the base, a superior component arranged on a second side of the base, opposite the first side, a first worm rotatably arranged in the base and including a through-hole, a second worm rotatably arranged in the base, the second worm concentrically aligned with and spaced apart from the first worm, and an expansion mechanism, including a first screw extending between the base and the superior component, and a second screw non-rotatably connected to the first screw and extending between the base and the inferior component wherein as the first worm is rotated in a first circumferential direction, the first screw and the second screw rotate in a second circumferential direction and the inferior component and the superior component are displaced relative to the base.