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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2006
Shawn Stad, Fall River, MA (US);
Thomas Martin, Riverside, RI (US);
Shinikequa White, Dorchester, MA (US);
Thomas Gamache, Fall River, MA (US);
Shawn Stad, Fall River, MA (US);
Thomas Martin, Riverside, RI (US);
Shinikequa White, Dorchester, MA (US);
Thomas Gamache, Fall River, MA (US);
DePuy Spine, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
Devices for implanting a prosthetic device, such as an artificial spinal implant, are provided. The installation tool can include a body, a pair of opposed levers, an optional implant holder disposed between the levers, a drive rod at least partially disposed within the body and able to be coupled to the implant holder and/or implant, and a female threaded member associated with the body and selectively engageable with the drive rod. As the drive rod translates along a longitudinal axis of the installation tool, the implant holder and/or implant separates the levers and distracts adjacent vertebral bodies to position a prosthetic device therebetween. The implant holder and/or implant can be longitudinally advanced in rotation and/or translation modes.