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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2015
Stryker European Holdings I, Llc, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Thomas J. Errico, New York, NY (US);
Alexandre B. de Moura, Westbury, NY (US);
Christopher McDonnell, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Rafail Zubok, Midland Park, NJ (US);
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention teaches an improved spinal fusion implant and method of implanting same. The implant includes a shell and an insert, the insert capable of situating first and second plates of the shell with respect to each other and of preventing unwanted loosening of fasteners placed through the shell and into the adjacent vertebral bodies. The method includes implanting a shell, selecting an insert from a plurality of inserts, and placing an insert between first and second plates of the shell.