CPC A61F 2/447 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/30266 (2013.01); A61F 2002/304 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30401 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30411 (2013.01); A61F 2002/305 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30505 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30556 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30563 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30565 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30785 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30825 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30904 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
1. A bodiless bone fusion device for insertion into a desired location comprising:
an extending mechanism including one or more extending blocks coupled with a positioning element such that movement of the positioning element causes the one or more extending blocks to move with respect to the positioning element;
a first plate;
a second plate, the first and second plates coupled with the one or more extending blocks such that when the one or more extending blocks move with respect to the positioning element, the first and second plates move along a path with respect to each other between a retracted position in which the first and second plates are adjacent to each other to an extended position in which the first and second plates are spread apart from each other; and
a lock having a body that contacts the positioning element to physically bias the rotational orientation of the positioning element into one of a plurality of positions.
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