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Vertebral joint implants and delivery tools

  • US 10,226,285 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2016
  • Issued: 03/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A driver assembly device for delivery of an implant to a spinal facet joint space in a posterior access procedure, the driver assembly device comprising:

  • an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end, the body defining a lumen having an inner diameter;

    an internal actuator extending through the lumen, the actuator having proximal and distal parts;

    an implant engagement feature, wherein the implant engagement feature is adjacent the distal end of the elongated body and is adapted to receive at least a portion of a proximal face of the implant, wherein the implant is a cervical implant; and

    a handle coupled with the proximal part of the internal actuator,wherein when the handle acts on the proximal part of the internal actuator, the internal actuator displaces along an axis of the lumen of the elongated body to release the implant from the implant engagement feature into the spinal facet joint space, wherein the spinal facet joint space is in the cervical spine.

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