Devices and instruments for spinal fusion and methods
AssigneeCombination Spine, Inc.
InventorsJoshua Michael Ammerman, Spencer Austin Jones, Jordan R. Mykleby, James P. Duncan, Laurent Schaller
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Abstract
A device for treading vertebral disc spaces wherein the device includes a head with a body and rotating top and bottom blades. The device may include a deployment device for deploying the head into the disc space. The device may be a disc preparation device and/or a fusion implant.
Claims22
A device for treating a intervertebral disc space, comprising:
- a deployment device having a proximal end and a distal end;
- a head releasably attached the distal end of the deployment device, the head comprising:
- a body having a top portion and a bottom portion;
- a top rotatable blade associated with the top portion of the body and rotatable relative to the body;
- a bottom rotatable blade associated with the bottom portion of the body and rotatable relative to the body;
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- a drive mechanism to rotate the top and bottom rotatable blades.
The device of claim 1, wherein the head has a deployed configuration wherein the top and bottom rotatable blades are misaligned with the body. (original) The device of claim 3, wherein the top and bottom rotatable blades are misaligned with each other.
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An intravertebral disc treatment device, comprising:
- a head configured to be releasably attached a delivery device, the head comprising:
- a body having a top portion and a bottom portion;
- a top rotatable blade associated with the top portion of the body and rotatable relative to the body;
- a bottom rotatable blade associated with the bottom portion of the body and rotatable relative to the body;
- and recesses in the body configured to be releasably grasped by a deployment device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.