Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Expandable interbody implant
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Application No.: US17346988Application Date: 2021-06-14
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Publication No.: US11918482B2Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: Anthony J. Melkent , William D. Armstrong , Stanley T. Palmatier
- Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Warsaw
- Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
- Current Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Warsaw
- The original application number of the division: US15926493 2018.03.20
- Main IPC: A61F2/44
- IPC: A61F2/44 ; A61F2/30

Abstract:
An expandable interbody implant adapted for insertion at least into a disc space, between two adjacent vertebrae of a spine. An upper member and a lower member are pivotally connected at least by a drive link. A bone graft storage portion packed with a selected volume of bone growth material. A translational wall is provided between the bone graft storage portion and a trailing end of the implant. An actuator engages the bone graft storage portion, pushing it forward into engagement with the drive link, which pivots upward, moving the upper member upward away from the lower member. Upward movement of the upper member raises the translational wall to a position to assist in retention of the selected volume bone graft material within the hollow portion of the bone graft storage portion. Upward rotation of the drive link brings a face thereof into contact with a front of the bone graft storage portion, thereby retaining near constant volume of the bone graft material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210298916A1 EXPANDABLE INTERBODY IMPLANT Public/Granted day:2021-09-30
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