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US 12,458,507 B2Granted
Cloward-style cervical mesh cage with lateral stabilizers
AssigneeUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore
InventorCharles Sansur
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Abstract
A Cloward-style cage device for anterior cervical fusion and fixation includes a body and a lateral stabilizer. The device uses the historical Cloward-style approach, and, as such, decompresses the interbody disc. The device can be used with a cylindrical drill bit to drill through the interbody disc to remove a portion of the interbody endplates to decompress a remaining portion of the interbody disc. The lateral portions of the endplates are generally preserved. The device has a cylindrical body formed of a mesh-like material, with lateral stabilizers.
Claims17
A cervical mesh cage device comprising
- a cylindrical body having a proximal end and a distal end,
- an endplate fixed to the cylindrical body at the proximal end, wherein the endplate comprises fastener apertures, and
- a lateral stabilizer, wherein the lateral stabilizer comprises teeth on an exterior surface of the lateral stabilizer.
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