Interbody fusion device comprising textured surfaces
AssigneeSpine Wave, Inc.
InventorsPeter Barreiro, Scott McLean, Daniel Vigliotti
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AssigneeSpine Wave, Inc.
InventorsPeter Barreiro, Scott McLean, Daniel Vigliotti
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An expandable interbody fusion device and an associated instrument for inserting the device into an intervertebral disc space, expanding the device and for use in delivering graft material into the device once expanded in the disc space. The device is small enough to fit through Kambin's triangle yet is capable of expanding both in the vertical direction to accommodate spinal lordosis and in the lateral direction to provide sufficient structural support for opposing vertebral bodies laterally within the disc space. A process of forming textured top and bottom surfaces of the device by initially laser ablating each surface with a nano-second pulsed laser followed by laser ablating those surfaces with a femto-second pulsed laser.
An interbody fusion device comprising an expandable cage formed of titanium or titanium alloys, said cage comprising a top surface and an opposite bottom surface, a distal end and a proximal end including a base, a plurality of flexible arms each attached to and projecting from a hinge point at said base toward said distal end, a hollow interior, and an operable expansion member within said hollow interior, each arm being free and unattached to another of the arms at the distal end thereby allowing the cage to expand only at the distal end upon operation of the operable expansion member, each of said top surface and said bottom surface including a textured surface, each of said textured surfaces comprising:
An interbody fusion device comprising an expandable cage formed of titanium or titanium alloys, said cage comprising a top surface and an opposite bottom surface, a distal end and a proximal end, a hollow interior, and an operable expansion member within said hollow interior, said top surface and said bottom surface being movable away from each other to thereby expand said cage upon operation of the operable expansion member, each of said top surface and said bottom surface including a textured surface, each of said textured surfaces comprising:
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