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US 10,376,385 B2Granted
Decoupled spacer and plate and method of installing the same
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorsJason Gray, Mark Fromhold, Brittany Hansen, Mark Miccio, Morgan Kunkle, Matthew Urban, Jason Zappacosta, Noah Hansell, Mark Adams
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Abstract
Intervertebral spacer assemblies, systems, and methods thereof. A method of insertion include inserting an intervertebral spacer and plate together using an insertion tool and, upon removal of the insertion tool, the intervertebral spacer and plate are no longer considered connected/coupled and act as separate components.
Claims16
A surgical method comprising:
- (a) attaching a plate to an insertion tool, the insertion tool comprising a first distal finger and a second distal finger, wherein the first distal finger is threaded;
- (b) attaching an intervertebral spacer to the insertion tool, wherein the spacer has a U-shaped body with a first lateral portion and a second lateral portion, wherein the first lateral portion includes a tubular protrusion that defines an internally threaded passage, and the first distal finger is threadedly connected to the internally threaded passage of the tubular protrusion;
- (c) delivering the plate and the intervertebral spacer to a surgical site in a patient via the insertion tool;
- (d) inserting the intervertebral spacer within a disc space;
- (e) attaching the plate to one or more vertebral bodies adjacent the disc space;
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- (f) removing the insertion tool such that the intervertebral spacer and the plate are decoupled from each other at the surgical site.
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A surgical method comprising:
- (a) attaching a plate and an intervertebral spacer to an insertion instrument, wherein the insertion instrument comprises a first distal finger and a second distal finger, and the first distal finger is threaded, and wherein the spacer has a U-shaped body with a first lateral portion and a second lateral portion, the first lateral portion includes a tubular protrusion that defines an internally threaded passage, and the first distal finger is threadedly connected to the internally threaded passage of the tubular protrusion;
- (b) delivering the insertion instrument with the plate and the intervertebral spacer to a surgical site;
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- (c) implanting the plate and the intervertebral spacer at or near the surgical site, wherein the plate and the intervertebral spacer are not attached to one another following implantation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.