US 11,980,550 B2
Spinal implant
Todd Shanks, Dallas, TX (US)
Assigned to T.S. Shanks, PLLC, Union City, TN (US)
Filed by T. S. Shanks, PLLC, Union City, TN (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,671.
Application 17/725,671 is a continuation of application No. 17/332,068, filed on May 27, 2021, granted, now 11,351,036.
Application 17/332,068 is a continuation of application No. 16/524,022, filed on Jul. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,020,236, issued on Jun. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/816,071, filed on Mar. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0241083 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/442 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant adapted for implantation into a spine comprising:
a) opposed and converging first and second planar load supporting surfaces; and
b) an undivided continuous central aperture extending through the implant and between the opposed and converging first and second planar load supporting surfaces; the undivided continuous central aperture having an inner contour created by an arrangement of alternating erect curved and erect straight edges facing the undivided continuous central aperture, wherein the inner contour comprises six erect curved edges not in contact with each other.