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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2013
Applicants:
Christian G. Zimmerman, Boise, ID (US);
Larry Holmes, Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Christian G. Zimmerman, Boise, ID (US);
Larry Holmes, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/44 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30171 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30245 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30772 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30881 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4435 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00017 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00029 (2013.01);
Abstract
An intervertebral spacer in the form of a generally flat four sided disc, with two opposite sides having slightly curved surfaces and two opposite sides having pointed lobes. The disc is configured to be placed between two vertebrae and rotated, with the rotation spreading the vertebrae and moving the pointed lobes into contact with the inner vertebral faces, for holding the vertebrae a fixed distance apart.