Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Expandable vertebral body replacement device and method
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Application No.: US15486739Application Date: 2017-04-13
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Publication No.: US09889018B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Mark Evald Semler , Bruce Frankel , Joseph Ruscito
- Applicant: MUSC Foundation for Research Development
- Applicant Address: US SC Charleston
- Assignee: MUSC Foundation for Research Development
- Current Assignee: MUSC Foundation for Research Development
- Current Assignee Address: US SC Charleston
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
- Agent Jacquelyn A. Graff
- Main IPC: A61F2/44
- IPC: A61F2/44 ; A61F2/46

Abstract:
Expandable vertebral body implants, systems, instruments, and methods of assembly and using the implants, systems, and instruments are disclosed. The vertebral body implant includes a body with a first end and a second end, a first rotating member rotatably coupled to the first end, wherein an end includes a plurality of first notches inset into the first rotating member, a second rotating member rotatably coupled to the second end, wherein an end includes a plurality of second notches inset into the second rotating member, a first extension member moveably coupled to the first end, and a second extension member moveably coupled to the second end. The expandable cage system comprises a vertebral body implant and an insertion instrument. Methods for assembling and using the vertebral body implants and instruments are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170216050A1 EXPANDABLE VERTEBRAL BODY REPLACEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2017-08-03
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