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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2010
Marc Reichen, West Chester, PA (US);
David Chow, West Chester, PA (US);
K. Daniel Riew, St. Louis, MO (US);
Kurt Schmura, West Chester, PA (US);
Christopher Bonner, West Chester, PA (US);
David Gerber, Oberdorf, CH;
Marc Reichen, West Chester, PA (US);
David Chow, West Chester, PA (US);
K. Daniel Riew, St. Louis, MO (US);
Kurt Schmura, West Chester, PA (US);
Christopher Bonner, West Chester, PA (US);
David Gerber, Oberdorf, CH;
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A trial implant assembly is provided that includes a threaded shaft having exterior threading adjacent a distal end and a trial implant that includes a trial base having an interiorly threaded through hole couplable to the distal end of the shaft and a trial head having a superior endplate and an inferior endplate and a support connecting the superior endplate to the inferior endplate. A variety of visualization windows are provided through the trial implant as well as a variety of mechanically adjustable stops to prevent over insertion of the trial head within the intervertebral disc space.