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AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorsMarcin Niemiec, Mark Adams
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Abstract
Spinal implants are disclosed. One spinal implant includes a support body, an articulating element, a blocking member and a motion limiting member. The support body includes a superior end surface and a lower end surface having teeth. In between the superior end surface and the lower end surface is a recess formed in a sidewall of the support body for receiving the articulating element. The blocking member can be received in the recess to prevent inadvertent back-out of the articulating element from within the recess. The articulating element can articulate in one or more directions, thereby allowing articulation of the spinal implant into a desired position within a disc space.
Claims20
An articulating implant comprising:
- a body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, first and second side surfaces that extend between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion, and upper and lower surfaces that extend between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion,
- a recess formed in the proximal end portion;
- an articulating element received in the recess, wherein the articulating element comprises an aperture for receiving a portion of a delivery instrument therein;
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- a blocking element extending through an opening in the upper surface and configured to prevent back-out of the articulating element from the recess.
An articulating implant comprising:
- a body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, first and second side surfaces that extend between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion, and upper and lower surfaces that extend between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion,
- a recess formed in the proximal end portion;
- an articulating element received in the recess, wherein the articulating element comprises an aperture for receiving a portion of a delivery instrument therein;
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- a combined blocking element and motion limiting element extending through an opening in the upper surface, the blocking element configured to prevent back-out of the articulating element from the recess, and the motion limiting element configured to rest in a groove in the articulating element to prevent over-rotation of the articulating element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.