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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2007
Timothy A. Burd, Omaha, NE (US);
Mahmoud F. Abdelgany, Rockaway, NY (US);
Timothy A. Burd, Omaha, NE (US);
Mahmoud F. Abdelgany, Rockaway, NY (US);
Custom Spine, Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Abstract
A modular lateral expansion device to be inserted into a vertebral body. The modular lateral expansion device comprises a pair of complementary lateral members. Each of the lateral members includes a first end, a second end, a first lateral portion, a second lateral portion, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a cavity configured through the top wall and the bottom wall. The top wall includes a top ridge and a top contour surface and the bottom wall includes a bottom ridge and a bottom contour surface. The top ridge and the bottom ridge are inwardly angled into the second lateral portion. The first lateral portion includes a plurality of cuts. The second lateral portion includes a first slot positioned at an edge of the second lateral portion and a second slot positioned in a substantially central area of the second lateral portion.