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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Llc, Raynham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Robert E. Sommerich, Norton, MA (US);
Glen Arthur Presbrey, Mapleville, RI (US);
Martin Meer, Vohringen, DE;
Gerhard Pohl, St. Georgen, DE;
Katherine Herard Ray, Reston, VA (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/58 (2005.12); A61F 2/46 (2005.12); A61F 2/28 (2005.12); A61F 2/30 (2005.12); A61F 2/44 (2005.12); A61B 17/02 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4611 (2012.12); A61F 2/44 (2012.12); A61B 2017/0256 (2012.12); A61F 2002/2835 (2012.12); A61F 2002/3055 (2012.12); A61F 2002/30367 (2012.12); A61F 2002/30507 (2012.12); A61F 2002/30601 (2012.12); A61F 2002/30784 (2012.12); A61F 2002/30841 (2012.12); A61F 2002/449 (2012.12); A61F 2002/4622 (2012.12); A61F 2002/4628 (2012.12); A61F 2220/0025 (2012.12); A61F 2220/0033 (2012.12);
Abstract
An instrument set for an intervertebral expandable spacer having a pair of co-axial annuluses locked together by an engagement member, the set including an inserter/expander having both a rapid expansion mechanism and a fine tuning expansion mechanism.