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Expandable spinal implant

  • US 7,217,293 B2
  • Filed: 11/21/2003
  • Issued: 05/15/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An expandable spinal implant, comprising:

  • a body having a longitudinal axis and an overall length, height and width, said body including a plurality of movable portions extending along said longitudinal axis and cooperating to define a non-threaded outer transverse cross section along said overall length and having a first transverse dimension along said height and a second transverse dimension along said width, said movable portions defining first and second substantially planar outer surfaces disposed generally opposite one another and extending substantially entirely across said width and adapted to engage adjacent vertebral bodies; and

    an expansion member co-acting with said movable portions to expand said outer transverse cross section along each of said first and second transverse dimensions.

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