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US 2026/0083572 A1Published application
Expandable intervertebral implant, bone graft delivery, and methods for using same
AssigneeSpinal Surgical Strategies, Inc., d/b/a Kleiner Device Labs
InventorsJeffrey B. Kleiner, Alan Burkholder, Gregory Causey, Edward Grimberg, JR.
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Abstract
An implant for being disposed in a spine of a patient, and a method of using same, has an upper plate, a lower plate, and a wedge piece disposed between the upper plate and the lower plate. The implant can have a driver for moving the implant to an expanded condition, and surfaces for driving movement of the implant, and surfaces for directing material through the implant.
Claims20
An implant for being disposed in the spine of a patient, comprising:
- an upper plate;
- a lower plate, at least one of the upper plate and lower plate having a shaped interior surface facing a wedge piece,
- the wedge piece being disposed between the upper plate and the lower plate and having a shaped surface engaging the shaped surface of the at least one of the upper plate and lower plate;
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- an interface defined between the wedge piece and the at least one of the upper plate and lower plate, the interface including a driver movable to drive movement of the wedge piece, the shaped surfaces of the wedge piece and the at least one of the upper plate and lower plate sliding against each other to drive movement of the at least one of the upper plate and lower plate.
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