US 11,701,241 B2
Bellows shaped spinal implant
Scott McLean, Sandy Hook, CT (US)
Assigned to SPINE WAVE, INC., Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by SPINE WAVE, INC., Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/847,873.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/215,593, filed on Jun. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0409390 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/447 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/3092 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3093 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bellows shaped spinal implant, comprising:
an upper plate having an outer upper contact surface and at least one upper opening therethrough;
a lower plate having an outer lower contact surface and at least one lower opening therethrough; and
a bellows shaped shell extending between and joining said upper plate and said lower plate, said bellows shaped shell being formed of titanium or an alloy comprising titanium and including a wall extending therearound that defines a hollow interior in communication with said at least one upper opening and said at least one lower opening, said wall having a thickness in the range of 0.5 mm to 1.0 mm, said wall being angled or curved between said upper plate and said lower plate, said wall including an insertion portion having a thickness greater than the thickness of the remainder of said wall, said insertion portion comprising a hole formed therethrough in communication with said hollow interior of said bellows shaped shell, and said hole configured for introducing bone graft into the hollow interior of said bellows shaped shell.