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Vertebral interbody compression implant

  • US 8,267,997 B2
  • Filed: 11/12/2008
  • Issued: 09/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implant for securing boney structures, the implant comprising:

  • a compression mechanism having bone engagement members slideably coupled to a housing and rotatably coupled to the implant, the housing moveably positioned within the implant, wherein a movement of the housing relative to the implant causes the bone engagement members to slide within the housing and the bone engagement members to rotate away from the implant; and

    a force transfer mechanism coupled to the compression mechanism and configured to move the housing.

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