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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2016
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Tyler Hessler, Trooper, PA (US);
Chad Glerum, Pennsburg, PA (US);
Adam Friedrich, Cinnaminson, NJ (US);
Alex Burkhardt, Leola, PA (US);
Jason Zappacosta, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Kevin Gahman, Douglassville, PA (US);
Matthew Hansell, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Andrew Iott, Newtown Square, PA (US);
Hilliary Adams, Conshohocken, PA (US);
Jeff Nichols, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Joel Cryder, Chalfont, PA (US);
Edward Karpowicz, Sewell, NJ (US);
John Matthews, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being inserted between adjacent vertebrae to facilitate the fusion process. A method of installing an expandable fusion device may comprise introducing the expandable fusion device into an intervertebral space, wherein the expandable fusion device comprises a proximal end, a distal end, an anterior side connecting the proximal end and the distal end, and a posterior side connecting the proximal end and the distal end, wherein the expandable fusion device has an anterior height on the anterior side and a posterior height on the posterior side. The method may further comprise adjusting the anterior height of the expandable fusion device independently from adjustment of the posterior height. The method can also include changing the lordotic angle.