Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Zero-profile interbody spacer and coupled plate assembly
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Application No.: US15217198Application Date: 2016-07-22
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Publication No.: US10433976B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: William P. McDonough , William L. Strausbaugh , Christopher Bonner , Thomas Pepe , Ralph Meili , Markus Hunziker , Michael Jeger , Thomas Kueenzi , David Koch , Rainer Ponzer , Joern Richter , Roger Berger
- Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Raynham
- Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Raynham
- Agency: BakerHostetler
- Main IPC: A61F2/44
- IPC: A61F2/44 ; A61B17/80 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B17/86 ; A61F2/46 ; A61B17/88 ; A61F2/30

Abstract:
An implant for insertion into a disc space between vertebrae, wherein the implant includes a spacer portion, a plate portion coupled to the spacer portion, two bone fixation elements for engaging the vertebrae and a retention mechanism for preventing the bone fixation elements from postoperatively backing-out of the plate portion. The retention mechanism may be in the form of a spring biased snapper element that is biased into communication with the bone fixation elements so that once the bone fixation element advances past the snapper element, the snapper element is biased back to its initial position in which the snapper element interfaces with the bone fixation elements. Alternatively, the retention mechanism may be in the form of a propeller rotatable between a first position in which the bone fixation elements are insertable to a second position where the bone fixation elements are prevented from backing-out.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160324662A1 Zero-Profile Interbody Spacer and Coupled Plate Assembly Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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