US 11,666,457 B2
Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof
Chad Glerum, Pennsburg, PA (US); Andrew Iott, Newtown Square, PA (US); Mark Weiman, Downingtown, PA (US); Jody Seifert, Birdsboro, PA (US); Kevin Gahman, Douglassville, PA (US); Colm McLaughlin, Glenside, PA (US); and Adam Friedrich, Cinnaminson, NJ (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/388,220.
Application 17/388,220 is a continuation of application No. 16/405,234, filed on May 7, 2019, granted, now 11,103,366.
Application 16/405,234 is a continuation of application No. 14/485,041, filed on Sep. 12, 2014, granted, now 10,327,917, issued on Jun. 25, 2019.
Application 14/485,041 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/845,645, filed on Apr. 3, 2013, granted, now 9,216,095, issued on Dec. 22, 2015.
Application 13/845,645 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/451,230, filed on Apr. 19, 2012, granted, now 8,518,120, issued on Aug. 27, 2013.
Application 13/451,230 is a continuation of application No. 13/440,158, filed on Apr. 5, 2012, granted, now 8,679,183, issued on Mar. 25, 2014.
Application 13/440,158 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/273,994, filed on Oct. 14, 2011, granted, now 9,358,126, issued on Jun. 7, 2016.
Application 13/273,994 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/823,736, filed on Jun. 25, 2010, granted, now 8,685,098, issued on Apr. 1, 2014.
Application 13/273,994 is a continuation of application No. 12/579,833, filed on Oct. 15, 2009, granted, now 8,062,375, issued on Nov. 22, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/877,034, filed on Sep. 12, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0008222 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4611 (2013.01) [A61F 2/447 (2013.01); A61F 2/4603 (2013.01); A61F 2/4684 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3021 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3052 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3055 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30169 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30207 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30265 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30365 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30367 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30372 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30373 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30387 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30405 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30471 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30482 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30484 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30487 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30492 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30495 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30507 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30517 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30523 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30538 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30556 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30578 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30593 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30594 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30601 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30604 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30841 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30904 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00017 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00179 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intervertebral implantation system comprising:
a housing body having an anterior end, a posterior end, an anterior wall comprising an anterior opening, a posterior wall comprising a posterior opening, a first side wall connecting the anterior wall and the posterior wall, and a second side wall disposed on an opposite side of the first side wall and connecting the anterior wall and the posterior wall, each of the first and second side walls having an elongate slot;
a first endplate received in the housing body in an unexpanded state;
a translator received in the housing body and slidably coupled to the first endplate, the translator including first and second angled portions configured to slidably engage an underside of the first endplate, and a bridge disposed between the first and second angled portions;
an actuator received in the posterior end of the housing body and operably attached to the translator;
and
a pair of laterally extending pins that are received in the elongate slots of the first and second side walls and threaded into the translator, the pins configured to slide along the elongate slots to translate the translator,
wherein rotation of the actuator causes translation of the translator which causes the first and second angled portions to push against the underside of the first endplate to vertically raise the first endplate to transition the first endplate to an expanded state as the pins slide along the elongate slots.