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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2007
Applicant:
Wayne P. Gray, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Inventor:
Wayne P. Gray, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer Spine, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/60 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An interbody implant () includes first and second members () that are configured to allow the members () to be inserted into a disc space separately and then connected together in the disc space to form the interbody implant (). This allows for a larger interbody implant () because the combined size of the members () can exceed the size of an access opening into the disc space, with each of the members () being sized to pass separately through the access opening before being connected together in the disc space.