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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2011
Bret M. Berry, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Richard D. Guyer, Dallas, TX (US);
Jack E. Zigler, Dallas, TX (US);
Adam A. Pike, Bountiful, UT (US);
Randall F. Lee, Arlington, TX (US);
Bret M. Berry, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Richard D. Guyer, Dallas, TX (US);
Jack E. Zigler, Dallas, TX (US);
Adam A. Pike, Bountiful, UT (US);
Randall F. Lee, Arlington, TX (US);
K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for inserting an implant into a cavity provide for: disposing an implant between opposing first and second ramps of an implant insertion instrument; orienting first and second vertebral contact surfaces of the ramps such that they define an initial, non-zero angle therebetween; inserting the first and second ramps into an intervertebral space of a spine; advancing the implant distally along and between the ramps such that the first and second vertebral contact surfaces of the first and second ramps separate while holding the initial angle substantially constant.