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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Jeffrey L. Emery, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Mark Y. Hirotsuka, San Jose, CA (US);
J. Brook Burley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Emery, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Mark Y. Hirotsuka, San Jose, CA (US);
J. Brook Burley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Benvenue Medical, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A spacing device is provided for adjusting or measuring the spacing between adjacent vertebral bodies. The spacing device has a distal end with at least one distraction member adapted for insertion into an intervertebral disc space and movable between a low profile first configuration and a higher profile second configuration. Also provided is an actuator for moving the distraction member between the first configuration (for delivery of the distal end of the spacing device to a target disc space) and the second configuration (for manipulation or measurement of the space between adjacent vertebral bodies).