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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2013
Depuy Synthes Products, Llc, Raynham, MA (US);
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Edison, NJ (US);
Robert J. De Lurio, Aston, PA (US);
Ryan Walsh, Douglassville, PA (US);
Joshua McManus, Downington, PA (US);
Bradford Robert Bowman, Sr., Kingsley, PA (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, LLC, Raynham, MA (US);
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Edison, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an allograft intervertebral implant sized and configured for insertion between adjacent vertebral bodies in a spinal fusion surgery. The implant is preferably manufactured from two or more pieces of allograft bone joined together by a joint, more preferably a dovetail joint. The dovetail joint being sized and configured to substantially follow the exterior shape or surface of the intervertebral implant.