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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2007
Jeffrey Felt, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Britt Norton, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Mark Rydell, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Steve Crosbie, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Jeffrey Felt, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Britt Norton, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Mark Rydell, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Steve Crosbie, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Vertebral Technologies, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
A modular interbody fusion device for fusing adjacent spinal vertebrae that is adapted to be implanted in a prepared interbody space including a first modular segment having a width including a first rail extending at least partially along one side of the width and beyond a periphery of a body portion of the first modular segment, a second modular segment having a width and slidably connected to the first rail on one side of the width and having a second rail extending at least partially along another side of the width and beyond a periphery of a body portion of the second modular segment, a third modular segment having a width and slidably connected to the second rail on one side of the width and wherein the device has an expanded position and an implanted position in which the modular segments are combined to mimic the shape of the vertebra.