Method and implant device for grafting adjacent vertebral bodies
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorJohn A. Cowan
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Abstract
A methodology for grafting together adjacent bony structures is provided using an implant device having an endplate with an inner disc portion and outer ring portion spaced from the inner disc portion by a connecting wall disposed therebetween. An endplate interior surface includes a retaining structure for securing the endplate to one of the bony structures, and endplate an exterior surface has an integrally formed socket. A ball-joint rod has a longitudinally extending body and an end, and at least a portion of the ball-joint rod end is curvilinear in shape. The curvilinear ball-joint rod end is rotatably disposed in the endplate socket to fixedly interconnect the bony structures.
Claims20
An implant device for grafting together adjacent bony structures of a body, said implant device comprising:
- a first endplate configured to be fixed to a first vertebral body;
- a second endplate configured to be fixed to a second vertebral body;
- a ball joint rod having a longitudinally extending body and a first end and a second end, wherein at least a portion of the ball joint rod first end is curvilinear in shape and at least a portion of the ball joint rod second end is curvilinear in shape, and the curvilinear ball joint rod first end and the curvilinear ball joint rod second end are rotatably disposed between the first endplate and the second endplate;
- a fusion shaft member disposed on the ball joint rod body;
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- a plurality of bristles extending outwardly from the fusion shaft member.
An implant device for grafting together adjacent bony structures of a body comprising:
- an endplate having a retaining structure for securing the endplate to one of the bony structures;
- a ball joint rod having a ball-joint rod end, wherein at least a portion of the ball-joint rod end is curvilinear in shape, and the curvilinear end portion is disposed in a portion of the endplate to fixedly interconnect the bony structures;
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- a fusion shaft member partially surrounding the ball-joint rod, and the fusion shaft member includes a plurality of bristles extending outwardly from the fusion shaft member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.