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Adjustable distraction cage with linked locking mechanisms

  • US 10,342,673 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2016
  • Issued: 07/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for stabilizing a spine in a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:

  • implanting an expandable fusion implant into an intervertebral space between a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body of the spine;

    expanding the implant to an expanded configuration by;

    moving a first portion of the implant in a lateral dimension such that the width of the implant is increased, and,independently of the step of moving the first portion of the implant in the lateral dimension, actuating at least one extendable support element of the implant to drive a first vertebral engagement surface away from an opposing second vertebral engagement surface in a superior/inferior dimension such that the height of the implant is increased, wherein the at least one expandable support element is a permanently integral component of the implant that remains implanted in the intervertebral space with the implant; and

    locking the implant in the expanded configuration so as to fix the positions and orientations of the first and second vertebral engagement surfaces relative to one another.

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