US 12,226,320 B2
Tritanium AL implants and instrumentation
Christian Karl Schultz, Hoboken, NJ (US); Bryan D. Milz, Florida, NY (US); and Zinoviy Sosnov, Fair Lawn, NJ (US)
Assigned to K2M, INC., Leesburg, VA (US)
Filed by K2M, INC., Leesburg, VA (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/167,462.
Application 18/167,462 is a continuation of application No. 17/881,987, filed on Aug. 5, 2022, granted, now 11,617,659.
Application 17/881,987 is a continuation of application No. 17/688,176, filed on Mar. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,918,487.
Application 17/688,176 is a continuation of application No. 16/775,672, filed on Jan. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,298,244, issued on Apr. 12, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/799,360, filed on Jan. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0190491 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); B60R 19/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/447 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1757 (2013.01); A61F 2/30749 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); B60R 19/023 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3049 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30593 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30784 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spine implant for an ALIF procedure, the spine implant comprising:
a cage having an anterior surface and a posterior surface, the cage defining:
a first angled bore in a first lateral side of the anterior surface, the first angled bore extending from proximate a first surface to and through a second surface;
a second angled bore in a second lateral side of the anterior surface, the second angled bore extending from proximate the first surface to and through the second surface;
a third angled bore between the first angled bore and the second angled bore, the third angled bore extending from proximate the second surface to and through the first surface;
a first opening disposed between the first angled bore and the third angled bore; and
a second opening disposed between the second angled bore and the third angled bore;
wherein each of the first angled bore, the second angled bore, and the third angled bore is sized and configured to receive a respective fastener in a manner to direct a tip of each respective fastener into an adjacent vertebral body;
wherein the first opening is sized and configured to receive a first locking element, and
wherein the second opening is sized and configured to receive a second locking element.