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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2011
Applicant:
Hallett H. Mathews, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Inventor:
Hallett H. Mathews, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and instruments for preparing a disc space and for forming interbody devices therein are provided. The instruments include distractors having enlargeable portions positionable in the disc space for distracting the disc space. The enlargeable portions can also provide form about or against which an interbody device of a first material is placed. A second material may be placed in the disc space in the space previously occupied by the distractors.