US 12,295,859 B2
Pedicle-based intradiscal fixation devices and methods
Chad Glerum, Pennsburg, PA (US); Mark Weiman, Downingtown, PA (US); Tyler Hessler, Phoenixville, PA (US); Albert Hill, Richboro, PA (US); and Myles Sullivan, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/577,845.
Application 17/577,845 is a continuation of application No. 16/868,676, filed on May 7, 2020, granted, now 11,426,289.
Application 16/868,676 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/842,285, filed on Apr. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,877,934.
Prior Publication US 2022/0133491 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/446 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 17/7032 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30092 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30131 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30405 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30841 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30886 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant for stabilizing an inferior vertebra and a superior vertebra, the implant comprising:
an inner core extending from a proximal end to a distal end and comprising a proximal end cap at the proximal end and a distal end cap at the distal end;
an outer sheath positioned over the inner core and between the proximal end cap and the distal end cap; and
a nut configured to compress the outer sheath, wherein the implant is configured to be inserted through a pedicle of the inferior vertebra and into the superior vertebra,
wherein the nut is configured to move forward distally to transition the implant from an unlocked position in which the inner core and the outer sheath can straighten, to a locked position in which the outer sheath is tightened between the nut and the distal end cap such that such that the nut abuts the outer sheath and the implant has a curvilinear shape.