A - Human Necessities – 61 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
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A61B 17/02 (2006.01) A61B 17/16 (2006.01) A61B 17/17 (2006.01) A61F 2/00 (2006.01) A61F 2/30 (2006.01) A61F 2/46 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2485015
An instrument (100) for separating adjacent vertebrae includes a handle assembly (102) and a distal portion (104) at a distal end of the handle assembly. The distal portion includes first and second members (106, 108) movable from an unexpanded configuration for insertion in the disc space toward an expanded configuration to separate the vertebrae. A cutting member of a cutting instrument (300, 400, 500) can be guided by the instrument to prepare the vertebrae for engagement with an implant.
L'invention concerne un instrument permettant la séparation de vertèbres adjacentes, comprenant un ensemble à poignée et une portion distale prévue à une extrémité distale dudit ensemble à poignée. La portion distale comprend un premier et un second élements déplaçables permettant de passer d'une configuration non expansée pour l'insertion dans l'espace discal, à une configuration expansée pour séparer les vertèbres. Un organe de coupe d'un instrument de coupe peut être guidé par l'instrument pour préparer les vertèbres en vue de la mise en contact avec un implant.
Bertagnoli Rudolf
Eisermann Lukas
Friesem Tai
Josse Loic
Lehuec Jean-Charles
Sdgi Holdings Inc.
Smart & Biggar
Warsaw Orthopedic Inc.
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