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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Joshua McManus, Downingtown, PA (US);
William Woodburn, Mantua, NJ (US);
Walter Widmer, Oberdorf, CH;
Assignee:
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/44 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/4465 (2013.01); A61F 2/446 (2013.01); A61F 2/447 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3052 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3055 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30331 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30372 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30476 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30481 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30505 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30507 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30523 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30556 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30601 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30772 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30841 (2013.01); A61F 2002/448 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0025 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0033 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
An expandable interbody spacer () is provided that includes a pair of oppositely facing endplate components () and an interior component that includes one or more vertically extending stacks of arranged C-clip members () radially surrounding one or more bosses () protruding interiorly from one of the endplates, wherein the size and configuration of the bosses and the C-clip members are designed to allow the incremental expansion of expandable interbody spacer.