US 12,279,970 B2
Articulating graft delivery
Catherine Krawiec, Conshohocken, PA (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/837,247.
Prior Publication US 2023/0397997 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4601 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A graft delivery device, comprising:
a graft delivery tube having a main passage for delivering graft material to a surgical implant inserted between adjacent vertebrae of a spine and an articulating portion proximate an output end of the graft delivery tube;
a pusher device slidable along the main passage to drive graft material through the main passage toward the output end of the graft delivery tube;
an actuation wire extending axially through at least the articulating portion of the graft delivery tube; and
an actuation device connected to the actuation wire, wherein the actuation device is actuatable to pull the actuation wire to bend the articulating portion of the graft delivery tube and position the output end proximate the surgical implant,
an attachment device having a main body portion and a coupling portion for slidably coupling the graft delivery device to a surgical implant inserter, and wherein the main body portion of the attachment device is disposed around the graft delivery tube proximate an input end of the graft delivery tube.