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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Medgem, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas J. Morrison, III, Atlanta, GA (US);
Mara Morrison, Atlanta, GA (US);
Joseph William Pruitt, Athens, GA (US);
Thomas Richard Ellis, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
George Samuel Brockway, II, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Assignee:
Medgem, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/30965 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30014 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3025 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30242 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30245 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30448 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30563 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30565 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30616 (2013.01); A61F 2002/444 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0071 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00017 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00029 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spinal interbody device includes a compliant inner dampener in combination with a rigid outer material of outer shells. An inner dampener includes a rim with pillars and heads coupled to a complimentary inner structure of the outer shells.