US 12,279,967 B2
Porous interbody spacer
Peter Halverson, Draper, UT (US); and David Hawkes, Pleasant Grove, UT (US)
Assigned to NEXUS SPINE, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Nexus Spine, L.L.C., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2016, as Appl. No. 15/372,290.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/264,217, filed on Dec. 7, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/355,789, filed on Jun. 28, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2017/0156880 A1, Jun. 8, 2017
Int. Cl. A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/447 (2013.01) [A61F 2/0077 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0081 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30146 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30149 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30153 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30154 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30289 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30566 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30568 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30593 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30784 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3092 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3093 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3097 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4495 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00131 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant comprising:
a body comprising a biocompatible material, the body further comprising:
a caudal surface configured to contact a first bony endplate of a patient's spine;
a cranial surface configured to contact a second bony endplate of the patient's spine;
a porous structure disposed between the caudal surface and the cranial surface, the porous structure being configured to be open to at least one of the first bony endplate and the second bony endplate; and
a structural element having a different configuration than the porous structure, the structural element being coupled to the porous structure, the structural element comprising a first band surrounding a first perimeter of the body and a second band surrounding a second perimeter of the body,
wherein the porous structure comprises a strand that causes the porous structure to define a plurality of pores.