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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Curtis Compton, Downingtown, PA (US);
Dennis Chien, West Chester, PA (US);
Robert Delurio, Aston, PA (US);
Dominique Messerli, Downingtown, PA (US);
Curtis Compton, Downingtown, PA (US);
Dennis Chien, West Chester, PA (US);
Robert Delurio, Aston, PA (US);
Dominique Messerli, Downingtown, PA (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, LLC, Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A flexible chain implant for insertion into an interior volume of a vertebral body. The implant may be implanted in an insertion position for sliding through a cannula and is flexible for packing into the interior volume in an implanted configuration. The implant randomly separates in the implanted configuration. The implant includes a top member and a bottom member, wherein the top and bottom members are coupled to one another at a coupled portion. The top and bottom members preferably each include an inner surface such that the inner surfaces include a plurality of alternating projections and recesses so that the projections are received within the recesses in an insertion position. Alternatively, the implant may include a plurality of substantially non-flexible bodies and a plurality of substantially flexible links interconnecting the bodies. The non-flexible bodies include a plurality of facets and/or abutment surfaces.