Systems and methods for an expandable interbody device

    公开(公告)号:US11850166B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-26

    申请号:US18042319

    申请日:2021-09-01

    申请人: Dignity Health

    IPC分类号: A61F2/44 A61F2/28 A61F2/30

    摘要: Various embodiments of an expandable interbody cage device configured to reduce subsidence into an endplate of a vertebral body by including a plurality of arms that engage the cortical tissue of the vertebral body. The plurality of arms increase the surface area and improve distribution of force, especially around stronger parts of the endplate such as the cortical bone at the rim of the endplate. The expandable interbody cage device maintains a low or slim profile while in a “closed” configuration during insertion between vertebrae and is further operable to laterally expand into an “open” configuration that increases the surface area of the expandable interbody cage device after insertion to securely engage the expandable interbody cage device between the vertebra. The expandable interbody cage device further includes one or more ports and/or cavities in which bone graft material can be disposed within.