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US 11,135,068 B2Granted
Interbody fusion implant
AssigneeDePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
InventorKaustubh Mantri
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Abstract
An intervertebral implant can include a core and a flexible end plate. The core can have a core body that is elongate along a first direction and defines first and second outer surfaces. The flexible end plate can define an inner surface and an opposed bone facing surface that is configured to abut a vertebral body. The flexible end plate can be coupled to the core such that at least a portion of the inner surface faces the first outer surface and is spaced from the first outer surface. The flexible end plate is configured to resiliently flex toward a compressed configuration such that as the flexible end plate flexes toward the compressed configuration, a first end moves relative to the core along the first direction and the portion of the inner surface moves toward the first outer surface.
Claims18
An intervertebral implant comprising:
- a leading end, and a trailing end that is spaced from the leading end along an insertion direction;
- a core defining a rear end, a front end that is spaced from the rear end along the insertion direction, and first and second side surfaces that extend between the front end and the rear end along at least a middle of the core that is midway between the leading end and the trailing end of the implant;
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- an end plate that defines:
- a bone facing surface and an inner surface that is opposite the bone facing surface along a first direction, perpendicular to the insertion direction, such that the inner surface faces away from the bone facing surface and is positionally fixed relative to the first bone facing surface;
- a recess that extends into the inner surface towards the bone facing surface and that is configured to receive a spring;
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- a first attachment member, a second attachment member that is spaced from the first attachment member, and a cavity that extends from the inner surface along the first direction away from the bone facing surface and between the first and second attachment members such that the cavity receives at least a portion of the rear end, the front end, and the first and second side surfaces of the core, the first and second attachment members being movably coupled to the core such that at least a portion of the inner surface faces the core and is spaced from the core a first distance along a first direction,
- wherein the end plate is configured to resiliently move toward the core along the first direction such that 1) the portion of the inner surface is spaced from the core a second distance along the first direction that is less than the first distance, and 2) at least one of the first and second attachment members has a terminal end that slides along the core such that the terminal end and core are movable relative to one another.
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An intervertebral implant comprising:
- a first end plate including a first body, the first body defining a first bone facing surface, and an internal ceiling surface that is opposite the first bone facing surface along a first direction such that the internal ceiling surface faces away from the first bone facing surface and is positionally fixed relative to the first bone facing surface, the first end plate further including at least one wall that is formed from a rigid material and that extends from the internal ceiling surface substantially along the first direction such that a cavity is at least partially defined by the at least one wall and extends from the internal ceiling surface away from the first bone facing surface, wherein the first end plate defines a recess that extends into the internal ceiling surface towards the first bone facing surface;
- a second end plate including a second body that defines a second bone facing surface, the second body further defining a core having a second inner surface that is spaced from the second bone facing surface along the first direction, the core configured to be received in the cavity such that the second inner surface faces the internal ceiling surface;
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- a spring coupled between the first and second endplates along the first direction and received in the recess;
- wherein the first end plate is configured to move relative to the second end plate along the first direction between a first configuration and a second configuration whereby when in the first configuration the internal ceiling surface is spaced from the second inner surface along the first direction by a first distance, and when in the second configuration the internal ceiling surface is spaced from the second inner surface by a second distance that is less than the first distance, and movement of the first end plate from the first configuration to the second configuration causes the spring to compress so as to bias the first end plate along a direction from the second configuration toward the first configuration, and
- wherein the at least one wall has a terminal end that slides along the core such that the terminal end and core are movable relative to one another.
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