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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2015
Spine Wave, Inc., Shelton, CT (US);
Lawrence M. Boyd, Durham, NC (US);
John J. Ratcliffe, Jr., Wendell, NC (US);
Tim E. Adamson, Charlotte, NC (US);
Paul J. Grata, Miramar, FL (US);
SPINE WAVE, INC., Shelton, CT (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, an instrument for placing a graft, implant and/or graft material at a target site for enhancing posterolateral fusion between two or more vertebrae is provided which includes a housing and an actuable trigger associated with the housing. A curved rigid access tube extends from the housing, the access tube terminating at a distal end. A sheath is disposed about, and moveable relative to the access tube, and a transmission is disposed in the housing. In an initial state, the sheath extends distally past the distal end of the access tube, a space being defined within the sheath distally of the distal end of the access tube to accommodate the graft, implant and/or graft material. The transmission is configured to cause an incremental displacement of the sheath relative to the distal end of the access tube upon an actuation of the trigger.