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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2015
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Kai Stephan, Basel, CH;
Bryan J. Griffiths, West Chester, PA (US);
Samuel Leuenberger, Oberdorf, CH;
Robert J. Schoutens, Oberdorf, CH;
Marcello Memmolo, Reinach, CH;
Daniela Pricope, Oberdorf, CH;
Rainer Ponzer, Oberdorf, CH;
Andre Schlienger, Basel, CH;
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
Expandable fixation assemblies, expandable cranial fixation assemblies, and expandable intervertebral implant assemblies are provided for securing structures to bone and for securing bones and/or bone segments with respect to each other. An expansion member can be moved through at least a portion of an expandable fixation body, thereby causing expansion of the expandable fixation body, such that bone engagement features of the expandable fixation body engage surrounding structure, such as bone.