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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2011
Mustasim Rumi, Austin, TX (US);
Robert J. Jones, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Richard Kana, Lexington, TX (US);
John Rossman, Austin, TX (US);
Mustasim Rumi, Austin, TX (US);
Robert J. Jones, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Richard Kana, Lexington, TX (US);
John Rossman, Austin, TX (US);
SpineSmith Partners, L.P., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An interbody fusion device for fusion of vertebrae, and methods thereof. The device includes a first piece made of titanium having upper and lower surfaces configured to engage the endplates of two opposing vertebrae. The upper and lower surfaces include a plurality of barbed teeth configured to engage an endplate. The first piece includes an inner void area configured to receive a second piece. The second piece is configured to engage the first piece to slide over inner surfaces of the first piece become seated and mated in the first piece. The first and second pieces mate to form an assembled interbody fusion device that fits between two vertebrae.