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Instrumentation and method for delivering an implant into a vertebral space

  • US 7,081,120 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2002
  • Issued: 07/25/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Instrumentation for delivering an implant into a vertebral space, comprising:

  • a die member defining a passage extending along a longitudinal axis and sized to receive the implant while in an initial configuration, said passage bound by a first surface and an oppositely facing second surface; and

    wherein said die member includes a number of projections extending transversely from at least one of said first and second surfaces and into said passage, said projections defining a tapered region extending along said axis and interacting with the implant such that relative displacement between the implant and said die member along said tapered region causes the implant to transition from the initial configuration to a deformed configuration having a reduced outer profile relative to the initial configuration.

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