US 12,011,362 B2
Breakaway endplate portions for implant revision
Jonathan M. Dewey, Memphis, TN (US); Julien J. Prevost, Memphis, TN (US); and Richard A. Hynes, Melbourne Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/394,715.
Prior Publication US 2023/0039330 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); B05D 1/32 (2006.01); B05D 7/00 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC A61F 2/4455 (2013.01) [A61F 2/30771 (2013.01); A61F 2/3094 (2013.01); B05D 1/322 (2013.01); B05D 7/50 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3069 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 12 Claims
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1. An interbody spinal cage comprising:
a body portion comprising a superior side, an inferior side and at least one lateral side connecting the superior side and the inferior side; and
at least one endplate portion coupled to the superior side or the inferior side of the body portion, the at least one endplate portion comprising a unibody structure and operable to be fixedly coupled to an anatomical structure of a patient and decoupled from the superior side or the inferior side of the body portion, wherein at least one gap is formed between the endplate portion and the superior side or the inferior side while the body portion is fixedly coupled to the endplate portion, wherein the at least one gap facilitates decoupling of the endplate portion from the body portion.