Anterior lumbar cage and inserter device
AssigneeZavation Medical Products, LLC
InventorJohn Franklin Cummins
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Abstract
A plate and cage assembly for stabilization of vertebral bodies. The assembly includes at least one fixation member, a cage having a proximal wall, a superior surface and an inferior surface (the superior surface and the inferior surface for engaging adjacent vertebrae), and a plate coupled to the cage and having at least one hole traversing the plate at an angle for insertion of the at least one fixation member into one of the vertebral bodies. The proximal wall of the cage has a blind hole, and the plate has a threaded screw hole aligned with the blind hole in the proximal wall of the cage.
Claims20
A system for insertion between and stabilization of vertebral bodies, comprising:
- a plate and cage assembly;
- and
- an insertion tool for inserting the plate and cage assembly between two of the vertebral bodies,
- wherein the insertion tool comprises:
- a carriage for holding at least one bone fastener, wherein the carriage comprises a chamber housing including separate enclosed curved path sections which hold therein the at least one bone fastener prior to insertion;
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- push rods for pushing the at least one bone fastener through the chamber housing of the carriage including the separate enclosed curved path sections, through the plate and cage assembly, and into the at least one of the two vertebral bodies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.