Expandable intervertebral spacers
AssigneeDeGen Medical, Inc.
InventorKyle Atwood
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Abstract
The description relates to an expandable intervertebral spacer configured to engage an intervertebral disk. An example expandable spacer includes a main body, a first endplate, a second endplate, a driving member, a plurality of pins, and an actuation member. The expandable spacer is configured to transition from a first configuration to a second configuration by various structures (e.g., steps, faceted surfaces, curved surfaces, multi-faceted portions) defined on the first endplate, the second endplate, and the driving member.
Claims16
An expandable intervertebral spacer having a first configuration and a second configuration, the expandable intervertebral spacer comprising:
- a main body defining a main body interior chamber;
- a first endplate partially disposed within the main body interior chamber and having a first endplate top, a first endplate bottom, and a first endplate first protruding member extending from the first endplate bottom and away from the first endplate top;
- a second endplate partially disposed within the main body interior chamber and having a second endplate top, a second endplate bottom, and a second endplate first protruding member extending from the second endplate bottom and away from the second endplate top;
- a driving member having a driving member first extension interfacing with the first endplate first protruding member and the second endplate first protruding member;
- an actuation member partially disposed within the driving member and moveable between a first position and a second position, said expandable intervertebral spacer in said first configuration when the actuation member is in the first position, said expandable intervertebral spacer in said second configuration when the actuation member is in the second position;
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- a plurality of pins, each pin of the plurality of pins extending through the main body, the first endplate, the second endplate, and the driving member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.