US 12,029,654 B2
In-situ additive manufactured motion-sparing implants
Jonathan M. Dewey, Memphis, TN (US); Michael L. Sutton, Coldwater, MS (US); and Jerald L. Redmond, Germantown, TN (US)
Assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/992,432.
Application 16/992,432 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/716,697, filed on Dec. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,523,916.
Application 16/992,432 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/716,771, filed on Dec. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,523,909.
Application 16/992,432 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/907,341, filed on Jun. 22, 2020.
Application 16/992,432 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/986,869, filed on Aug. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0177603 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/30942 (2013.01) [A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30065 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30952 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30971 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30985 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motion-sparing spinal implant formed in-situ, within a patient, comprising:
a first endcap formed of a rigid material and having a size corresponding to a first vertebral body;
a second endcap formed of a rigid material and having a size corresponding to a second vertebral body; and
a pliable material configured to fill an interior space between the first and second endcaps, the pliable material being dispensed by a dispensing component and cured in-situ within the disc space of a patient;
wherein the first endcap and second endcap are formed of rigid material dispensed by the dispensing component.