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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2012
Applicant:
Carmen Walters, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventor:
Carmen Walters, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
ALPHATEC SPINE, INC, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/447 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2835 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3038 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30289 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30365 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30367 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30382 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30504 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30738 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30787 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30827 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30845 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30919 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4475 (2013.01);
Abstract
An interbody spacer system includes a cage and at least one first fixation blade. The cage includes an anterior wall and a posterior wall connected by a pair of side walls. The at least one first fixation blade partially extends around an outer surface of a first of the pair of side walls and is positionable between a first configuration for insertion into a disk space between two vertebrae and a second configuration for attachment to a first of the vertebrae.