Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enhanced cage insertion assembly
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Application No.: US14623982Application Date: 2015-02-17
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Publication No.: US09833334B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: John C Voellmicke , Michael J O'Neil , Derek Shaw , Alexander Grinberg
- 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
- Main IPC: A61B17/58
- IPC: A61B17/58 ; A61B17/60 ; A61F2/00 ; A61F2/44 ; A61F2/46 ; A61F2/30
Abstract:
A method of delivering a fusion cage to an intervertebral disc space bounded by adjacent vertebral endplates, comprising the step of delivering the fusion cage into the disc space without contacting its teeth to the vertebral endplates during delivery, wherein a sheath is interposed between a cage surface and the endplates to prevent contact therebetween during delivery.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150157470A1 Enhanced Cage Insertion Assembly Public/Granted day:2015-06-11
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