	US 12,226,321 B2
	Instruments for expandable interbody implants
Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr, Bloomingdale, NJ (US); Oliver Buchert, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US); and M. Todd Miller, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed by Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/499,174.
Application 18/499,174 is a continuation of application No. 17/373,117, filed on Jul. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,833,062.
Application 17/373,117 is a continuation of application No. 16/131,726, filed on Sep. 14, 2018, granted, now 11,083,597, issued on Aug. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/559,037, filed on Sep. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0058140 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)

CPC A61F 2/4601 (2013.01) [A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30556 (2013.01); A61F 2/447 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4625 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4631 (2013.01)]

17 Claims

1. A spinal implant system, comprising: a block for supporting an intervertebral implant while packing an interior cavity of the implant with graft material, comprising: a base; and a projection extending from the base, the projection being sized to be received through a first opening in the implant such that the projection is positioned at least partially within the interior cavity of the implant; and the intervertebral implant, wherein the implant includes a second opening on an opposite side of the implant from the first opening, and, wherein, when the implant is supported on the block with the projection received through the first opening in the implant, the second opening is oriented upwardly so as to receive a supply of graft material into the interior cavity through the second opening.