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US 2002/0161375 A1Published application
Femoral ring loader
AssigneeSpineCore, Inc.
InventorsJames D. Ralph, Stephen Tatar
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Abstract
An instrument for inserting an implant between vertebral bodies, including a holder adapted to hold the implant during insertion of the implant between the vertebral bodies, a retractor adapted to retract the holder away from the implant after the insertion, and a guard adapted to prevent the implant from being removed from between the vertebral bodies during the retraction.
Claims20
An instrument for inserting an implant between vertebral bodies, comprising:
- a holder adapted to hold the implant during insertion of the implant between the vertebral bodies;
- a retractor adapted to retract the holder away from the implant after the insertion;
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- a guard adapted to prevent the implant from being removed from between the vertebral bodies during the retraction.
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An instrument for inserting an implant between vertebral bodies, comprising:
- a holder adapted to hold the implant during insertion of the implant between the vertebral bodies;
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- a retractor adapted to retract the holder away from the implant after the insertion.
An instrument for inserting a implant between vertebral bodies, comprising:
- a set of tongs having a proximal end and distal ends adapted to hold the implant during the insertion of the implant between the vertebral bodies;
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- a central rod about which the set of tongs can open and close, having a proximal end and a distal end in front of which the distal ends of the set of tongs can hold the implant during the insertion, the rod being coupled to the set of tongs to prevent lateral movement between the rod and the set and allow longitudinal movement between the rod and the set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.