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Apparatus and method of spinal implant and fusion

  • US 8,870,882 B2
  • Filed: 01/30/2013
  • Issued: 10/28/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for providing fixation of adjacent vertebral bodies comprising:

  • a handle;

    an elongated shaft;

    a head coupled to the elongated shaft;

    wherein the head further comprises a forked end having two or more tines for grasping a bioactive implantable material which is adapted to be inserted into the joint space between two or more intervertebral bodies, wherein each of said two or more tines are free-standing with a first proximal end and a second distal end, wherein said second distal end is not connected to a distal end of another of said two or more tines; and

    wherein the elongated shaft further comprises a generally cylindrical body having a continuous, hollow portion about a longitudinal axis of the generally cylindrical body, which is in communication with at least one aperture located at the distal end of the elongated shaft; and

    wherein said head is composed of bioactive implant material.

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