US 12,186,198 B2
Vertebral body replacement and insertion methods
William D. Smith, Las Vegas, NV (US); Benjamin Arnold, San Diego, CA (US); Daniel Zatta, San Diego, CA (US); Jeremy Malik, San Diego, CA (US); and Morton B. Albert, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to Nuvasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/844,992.
Application 17/844,992 is a continuation of application No. 16/661,922, filed on Oct. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,389,301.
Application 16/661,922 is a continuation of application No. 15/645,866, filed on Jul. 10, 2017, granted, now 10,485,672, issued on Nov. 26, 2019.
Application 15/645,866 is a continuation of application No. 13/425,380, filed on Mar. 20, 2012, granted, now 9,700,425, issued on Jul. 11, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/454,571, filed on Mar. 20, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0323231 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/44 (2013.01) [A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2/4637 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61F 2002/3008 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30387 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30593 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30604 (2013.01); A61F 2002/443 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4628 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4629 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4658 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lateral inserter assembly comprising:
a core inserter comprising a hollow outer container and an inner rod slidably disposed within the hollow outer container;
a first and a second slide retainer extending axially along an outer surface of the core inserter on opposite sides thereof;
a first and a second bracket assembly, wherein each of the first and the second bracket assembly is adjustably coupled to a respective slide retainer, wherein each respective bracket assembly is configured to maintain a position of the lateral inserter assembly relative to a body of a patient; and
a clamp assembly affixed to the first and the second slide retainers,
wherein the clamp assembly is configured to measure a space between a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body of the patient, and to maintain a desired space between the first and the second slide retainers.