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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
James F. Marino, San Diego, CA (US);
Jamil Elbanna, San Diego, CA (US);
James F. Marino, San Diego, CA (US);
Jamil Elbanna, San Diego, CA (US);
Trinity Orthopedics, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are devices (), systems and methods of use relating to articulating interbody cages. In one aspect, disclosed is an intervertebral device () for use in a human spine including an anterior end (); a posterior end (); and at least four peripheral walls (). The peripheral walls () define an interior volume surrounding a midline of the device and include a superior wall (), an inferior wall () and a pair of opposing, generally trapezoidal-shaped sidewalls. Each of the trapezoidal-shaped sidewalls () includes an internal hinge element () that is rotatable from a first configuration to at least a second configuration such that the device is expandable in first dimension. Each of the internal hinge elements includes an axis that is coplanar with the midline of the device.