US 12,324,748 B2
Expandable fusion device with integrated deployable retention spikes
Catherine Krawiec, Conshohocken, PA (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/053,171.
Application 18/053,171 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/540,381, filed on Dec. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,712,346.
Prior Publication US 2023/0172726 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/447 (2013.01) [A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30387 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30507 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3052 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30556 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30593 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30904 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An expandable implant comprising:
upper and lower main endplates configured to engage adjacent vertebrae, at least one of the upper and lower main endplates defines a curved channel and a straight channel;
an actuator assembly configured to cause an expansion in height of the upper and lower main endplates; and
a sidecar assembly including a sidecar carrier and a carrier endplate with a pusher engaged with a spike having a top surface comprising a pair of grooves along a longitudinal length bifurcated by a rib extending centrally therebetween, wherein the spike is positionable through the curved channel and the pusher is receivable in the straight channel, and wherein forward translation of the sidecar carrier deploys the spike.