US 11,730,528 B2
Aligning vertebral bodies
Marcin Niemiec, Norristown, PA (US); Duncan Sibson, Malvern, PA (US); Noah Hansell, King of Prussia, PA (US); Chad Glerum, Pennsburg, PA (US); Colm McLaughlin, Glenside, PA (US); Daniel Davenport, Collegeville, PA (US); Mark Weiman, Downingtown, PA (US); Jason Gray, East Greenville, PA (US); Khiem Pham, Chalfont, PA (US); Michael Black, Phoenixville, PA (US); Ben Silber, Flemington, NJ (US); Mark Fromhold, Phoenixville, PA (US); Andrew Iott, Newtown Square, PA (US); Kathleen Hill, Newtown Square, PA (US); John Gilbert, Douglassville, PA (US); and Richard Castle, Phoenixville, PA (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/739,424.
Application 16/739,424 is a continuation of application No. 13/483,558, filed on May 30, 2012, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2020/0214753 A1, Jul. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/48 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8866 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7059 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2/30744 (2013.01); A61F 2/441 (2013.01); A61F 2/484 (2021.08); A61F 2002/30266 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30329 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30331 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30387 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30405 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30433 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30448 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30471 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30494 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30518 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30523 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30525 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30528 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30553 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30556 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30578 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30593 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30604 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30677 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30836 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4622 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for therapeutically aligning two misaligned bones on opposite sides of a joint space, comprising:
a first segment having a mounting extension and an intervertebral spacer portion configured to be disposed in the joint space, the intervertebral spacer portion including a posterior section, a first side section extending anteriorly from one end of the posterior section and a second side section extending anteriorly from the other end of the posterior section to face the first side section;
a second segment including an anterior section, a third side section extending posteriorly from one end of the anterior section and a fourth side section extending posteriorly from the other end of the anterior section to face the third side section, the third and fourth side sections configured to respectively slidably mate with the first and second side sections of the first segment, the second segment including an aperture;
a first fastener configured to be received in the mounting extension; and
a second fastener configured to be received in the aperture,
wherein the intervertebral spacer portion of the first segment has an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface configured to engage a first of the two bones on opposite sides of the joint space and the lower surface configured to engage a second of the two bones on opposite sides of the joint space after the second segment is slidably mated with the first segment, and
wherein when the first segment has a first interior passage extending from the upper surface through the lower surface and the second segment has a second interior passage, and
wherein the first segment is mated to the second segment, the first interior passage and the second interior passage mate in a manner to form an opening extending through device from the upper surface through the lower surface, the opening configured to promote bone growth through the joint space.