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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2005
Steve Wysocki, Stratford, CT (US);
Joseph N. Logan, Trumbull, CT (US);
Richard Manzi, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Robert D. Paxson, Lakeland, TN (US);
John Pafford, Eads, TN (US);
Mark D. Loguidice, Southport, CT (US);
Tyler P. Lipschultz, New Canaan, CT (US);
Carl Michael Nilsson, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Daniel S. Savage, Brecksville, OH (US);
Steve Wysocki, Stratford, CT (US);
Joseph N. Logan, Trumbull, CT (US);
Richard Manzi, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Robert D. Paxson, Lakeland, TN (US);
John Pafford, Eads, TN (US);
Mark D. LoGuidice, Southport, CT (US);
Tyler P. Lipschultz, New Canaan, CT (US);
Carl Michael Nilsson, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Daniel S. Savage, Brecksville, OH (US);
Spine Wave, Inc., Shelton, CT (US);
Abstract
An expandable interbody fusion device for implantation into the intradiscal space between two opposing vertebral bodies of a spine comprises a superior endplate member having an upper surface for engaging a superior vertebral body in a spine, and an inferior endplate member having a lower surface for engaging an inferior vertebral body in the spine. The superior endplate member and the inferior endplate member are releasably coupled and define a cavity therebetween. At least one expansion member is configured to be introduced into the cavity to move the superior endplate and the inferior endplate members relatively apart upon introduction and to thereby decouple the superior endplate member and the inferior endplate member. An inserter may be releasably coupled to the device to facilitate insertion of the device as well as to provide a track for insertion of the expansion members.