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US 2021/0275317 A1Published application
Expandable intervertebral implant
AssigneeEIT Emerging Implant Technologies GmbH
InventorUwe Spetzger
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Abstract
An intervertebral implant is configured to be implanted in an intervertebral space in a first initial configuration. Subsequently, an actuator is configured to be driven in an actuation direction such that the actuator urges the implant to expand along a first expansion direction. Once the implant has been fully expanded along the first expansion direction, the actuator is configured to be further driven in the actuation direction so as to expand the implant in a second expansion direction that is perpendicular to the first expansion direction.
Claims20
An intervertebral implant comprising:
- an implant body defining a superior body configured to face a superior vertebra and an inferior body configured to face an inferior vertebra;
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- an actuator supported by the implant body, the actuator movable in the implant body from an initial position to a first expansion position, and subsequently from the first expansion position to a second expansion position,
- wherein movement of the actuator from the initial position to the first expansion position causes the actuator to urge the implant body to expand along a first direction of expansion, and movement of the actuator from the first expansion position to the second expansion position causes the actuator to urge the implant body to expand along a second direction of expansion that is perpendicular to the first direction of expansion.
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