US 12,465,498 B2
Expandable intervertebral interbody implants
Munish Gupta, Frontenac, MO (US); Colm McLaughlin, Glenside, PA (US); and Matthew Andraka, Conshohocken, PA (US)
Assigned to Bala Sundararajan, Malvern, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/341,806.
Prior Publication US 2025/0000670 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4611 (2013.01) [A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/4425 (2013.01); A61F 2/446 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30523 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30528 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30537 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30556 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30579 (2013.01); A61F 2002/443 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4629 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An expandable implant comprising:
an upper endplate and a lower endplate configured to engage adjacent vertebrae;
an actuation gear configured to adjust a height of the upper endplate, the actuation gear is coupled to the lower endplate and engaged with the upper endplate;
an interface collar configured to attach to an inserter instrument at multiple orientations for a desired surgical approach, the interface collar includes a plurality of angled protrusions; and
an expansion and orientation lock configured to lock an orientation of the multiple orientations of the interface collar and lock the height of the upper endplate, the lock is retained in the lower endplate, the lock includes a tapered outer surface with a plurality of cuts defined therein configured to interface with the plurality of angled protrusions in the interface collar.