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US 9,539,101 B2Granted
Device for stabilizing a vertebral joint and method for anterior insertion thereof
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorsSean Suh, David C. Paul, Jon Suh, Vipin Kunjachan
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Abstract
A prosthetic device can be used as a prosthesis following a discectomy or a corpectomy. The prosthetic device includes two endplates with staggered motion limiting members. The device can be configured to allow six degrees of motion when comparing one endplate relative to the other. The endplates can be configured to fix the joint by changing the body held within the device and by adding a locking plate and fasteners. A method teaches how to insert a device to an intervertebral space via an anterior incision.
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A device for stabilizing a first vertebra relative to a second vertebra, the device comprising:
- a superior endplate having an inferior surface and a motion limiting member, said motion limiting member extending downward below said inferior surface, and a superior screw anchor member extending upward from the superior endplate;
- an inferior endplate having a superior surface and a motion limiting member, said motion limiting member extending upward above said superior surface, and an inferior screw anchor member extending downward from the inferior endplate;
- a compressible and flexible body having a superior surface and an inferior surface, said superior surface of said body facing said inferior surface of said superior endplate, said inferior surface of said body facing said superior surface of said inferior endplate, said body being held in contact with and laterally between said superior endplate and said inferior endplate by said motion limiting members;
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- a locking plate including a horizontal plate, a superior screw anchoring member that extends upwardly from the horizontal plate, a first void region adjacent the superior screw anchoring member and above the horizontal plate, an inferior screw anchoring member that extends downwardly from the horizontal plate, and a second void region adjacent the inferior screw anchoring member and below the horizontal plate, wherein the locking plate is configured to overlie the superior endplate and the inferior endplate such that the first void region overlies the superior screw anchoring member of the superior endplate and the second void region overlies the inferior screw anchoring member of the inferior endplate,
- wherein the superior screw anchoring member of the locking plate and the inferior screw anchoring member of the locking plate are laterally offset.
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A device for stabilizing a first vertebra relative to a second vertebra, the device comprising:
- a superior endplate having an inferior surface and a motion limiting member, said motion limiting member extending downward below said inferior surface;
- an inferior endplate having a superior surface and a motion limiting member, said motion limiting member extending upward above said superior surface, and an inferior screw anchor member extending downward from the inferior endplate;
- a compressible and flexible body having a superior surface and an inferior surface, said superior surface of said body facing said inferior surface of said superior endplate, said inferior surface of said body facing said superior surface of said inferior endplate, said body being held in contact with and laterally between said superior endplate and said inferior endplate by said motion limiting members;
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- a locking plate including a horizontal plate, a superior screw anchoring member that extends upwardly from the horizontal plate, a first void region adjacent the superior screw anchoring member and above the horizontal plate, an inferior screw anchoring member that extends downwardly from the horizontal plate, and a second void region adjacent the inferior screw anchoring member and below the horizontal plate, wherein the locking plate is configured to overlie the superior endplate and the inferior endplate such that the second void region overlies the inferior screw anchoring member of the inferior endplate
- wherein the superior screw anchoring member of the locking plate and the inferior screw anchoring member of the locking plate are laterally offset, and
- wherein the superior screw anchoring member of the locking plate is vertically aligned above the motion limiting member of the inferior endplate.
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A device for stabilizing a first vertebra relative to a second vertebra following a discectomy or a corpectomy, the device comprising:
- a superior endplate having an anterior edge, a posterior edge, a right edge, a left edge, an inferior surface, a textured superior surface, and motion limiting members extending inferiorly from said inferior surface, said superior endplate having a bone growth bore formed therein;
- an inferior endplate having an anterior edge, a posterior edge, a right edge, a left edge, a superior surface, a textured inferior surface, and motion limiting members, one of said motion limiting members extending superiorly said inferior endplate having a bone growth bore formed therein;
- a compressible and flexible body having a superior surface, an inferior surface, and a height defined between said superior surface and said inferior surface, said superior surface of said body facing said inferior surface of said superior endplate, said inferior surface of said body facing said superior surface of said inferior endplate, said body being held in contact and laterally between said superior endplate and said inferior endplate by said motion limiting members;
- a superior screw anchoring member extending superiorly from said anterior edge of said superior endplate, said superior screw anchoring member being configured to connect to a superior vertebra;
- an inferior screw anchoring member extending inferiorly from said anterior face of said inferior endplate, said inferior screw anchoring member being staggered from said superior screw anchor and configured to connect to an inferior vertebra;
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- wherein the device further comprises a locking plate including a horizontal plate, a superior screw anchoring member that extends upwardly from the horizontal plate, a first void region adjacent the superior screw anchoring member and above the horizontal plate, an inferior screw anchoring member that extends downwardly from the horizontal plate, and a second void region adjacent the inferior screw anchoring member and below the horizontal plate, wherein the locking plate is configured to overlie the superior endplate and the inferior endplate such that the first void region overlies the superior screw anchoring member of the superior endplate and the second void region overlies the inferior screw anchoring member of the inferior endplate,
- wherein the superior screw anchoring member of the locking plate and the inferior screw anchoring member of the locking plate are laterally offset,
- wherein the superior screw anchoring member of the locking plate is vertically aligned above the motion limiting member of the inferior endplate.
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