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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Lindsey G. Waugh, Memphis, TN (US);
Anthony J. Melkent, Germantown, TN (US);
Jonathan E. Blackwell, Arlington, TN (US);
Thomas E. Drochner, Memphis, TN (US);
Carrie L. Gowan, Memphis, TN (US);
Bret Matthew Wilfong, Hernando, MS (US);
Thomas A. Carls, Memphis, TN (US);
Richard A. Hynes, Melbourne, FL (US);
D. Hal Silcox, III, Atlanta, GA (US);
John A. Cowan, Jr., Rome, GA (US);
Jean-Pierre Mobasser, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A spinal implant comprises an implant body extending between an anterior surface and a posterior surface and includes a first vertebral engaging surface and a second vertebral engaging surface. The implant body includes an inner surface that defines at least one cavity that is oriented to implant a fastener oblique relative to a lateral axis of a subject body and adjacent an intervertebral space of the subject body. The implant body includes an oblique surface that defines at least one opening disposed in substantial alignment with the at least one cavity. Systems and methods are disclosed.