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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Spine Wave, Inc., Shelton, CT (US);
Inventors:
Wes Johnson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Tyler Lipschultz, San Diego, CA (US);
Larry Wales, Maplewood, MN (US);
Robert Kieval, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
SPINE WAVE, INC., Shelton, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/66 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 17/66 (2013.01); A61B 17/8852 (2013.01); A61F 2/44 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/4425 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61B 17/7097 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01); A61F 2/28 (2013.01); A61F 2/447 (2013.01); A61F 2002/304 (2013.01); A61F 2002/305 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3008 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3049 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30075 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30237 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30261 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30385 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30387 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30392 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30448 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30449 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30462 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30476 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30599 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30604 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30616 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30772 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4415 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4485 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4666 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0061 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0025 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0082 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00017 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00029 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00071 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00203 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00239 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00293 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00353 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00359 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00365 (2013.01); Y10S 606/907 (2013.01); Y10S 606/912 (2013.01); Y10S 606/914 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method is provided for interbody fusion including distracting, in a given direction, and supporting opposing vertebral bodies. A plurality of wafers are consecutively inserted between the vertebral bodies to create a column of wafers. The column of wafers is oriented between the vertebral bodies so as to expand in the given direction as the wafers are consecutively added to the column.