Expandable inter-vertebral cage and method of installing same

An inter-vertebral cage for use in repairing a damaged inter-vertebral disc includes a plurality of cage sections and a hinge element that connects adjacent ones of the cage sections together for relative movement. The hinge elements automatically urge the cage sections to move from an extended orientation to an installed orientation.
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Abstract/Description: An inter-vertebral cage for use in repairing a damaged inter-vertebral disc includes a plurality of cage sections and a hinge element that connects adjacent ones of the cage sections together for relative movement. The hinge elements automatically urge the cage sections to move from an extended orientation to an installed orientation.
Subject(s): A61F2/44
A61F2/46
A61B1/018
A61F2/28
A61F2/30
Date Issued: 2017-02-07
Title: Expandable inter-vertebral cage and method of installing same.
Name(s): The University of Toledo, assignee
Elahinia, Mohammad, inventor
Agarwal, Anand, inventor
Goel, Vijay K., inventor
Anderson, Walter Bradley, inventor
Chapman, Cory Allen, inventor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: patent
Publisher: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Other Date: Date Filed: 2012-09-20
Date Issued: 2017-02-07
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 26 p.
Abstract/Description: An inter-vertebral cage for use in repairing a damaged inter-vertebral disc includes a plurality of cage sections and a hinge element that connects adjacent ones of the cage sections together for relative movement. The hinge elements automatically urge the cage sections to move from an extended orientation to an installed orientation.
Identifier(s): utpatents-US9561115 (IID)
Patent No.: US9561115 (patno)
Appl. No.: 14/345559 (appno)
Subject(s): A61F2/44
A61F2/46
A61B1/018
A61F2/28
A61F2/30
Held by: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Public Search Facility
Location: University of Toledo Digital Repository
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