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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2007
John W. Mcclellan, Iii, Omaha, NE (US);
Younghoon OH, Montville, NJ (US);
Mahmoud F. Abdelgany, Rockaway, NJ (US);
John W. McClellan, III, Omaha, NE (US);
YoungHoon Oh, Montville, NJ (US);
Mahmoud F. Abdelgany, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Custom Spine, Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Abstract
A surgical tool for inserting an implant in a vertebral body. The surgical tool includes a shaft with a shaft thread adapted to engage the implant, a piston coupled to the shaft thread to articulate the implant from a starting linear position to a final curvilinear position, an actuator coupled to the piston to adjust a position of the implant, and an annular structure surrounding the shaft to increase a stability of an end part of the implant on an impact of insertion. A screw attached to the piston may lock the end part of the implant. A lock lever may lock the position of the piston in at least one position, and a knob may disengage the implant from the surgical tool.