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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2010
Applicants:
Bruce Chabansky, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Calin Druma, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bruce Chabansky, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Calin Druma, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Devices for cutting an intervertebral disc that may include an elongated shape with a distal end and a proximal end and being sized for insertion into an intervertebral space. The devices may include a number of articulating segments that are movably connected together to be shaped in a variety of angular orientations to conform to the shape of the intervertebral disc. The segments may include one or more exposed cutting surfaces that cut the disc as the device is moved through the intervertebral space.