×

CERVICAL DISTRACTION/IMPLANT DELIVERY DEVICE

  • US 20130310943A1
  • Filed: 07/23/2013
  • Published: 11/21/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A system for treating a spinal facet joint, the system comprising:

  • a) a spinal facet implant configured for minimally invasive insertion into the spinal facet joint; and

    b) a delivery assembly comprising;

    i) a body configured for minimally invasively accessing the spinal facet joint and including a distal region, a proximal region opposite the distal region and a channel extending between the distal and proximal regions, the distal region including a first member and a second member offset from the first member transverse to a longitudinal axis of the channel, each of the first and second members distally terminating in a beveled termination and collectively defining a distal tip of the body; and

    ii) a plunger distally displaceable within channel and along the longitudinal axis,wherein the system is configured such that, when the spinal facet implant is located in the channel and the distal tip is located in the spinal facet joint, distal displacement of the plunger along the longitudinal axis causes the spinal facet implant to distally displace between the beveled terminations for implantation of the spinal facet implant into the spinal facet joint.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×