Spinal implant
CA 2534357 C · Owner: Abbott Laboratories · Inventors: Webb, Scott A.; Smith, Aaron C.; Moreno, Anthony P.
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A spinal implant (100) may be used to stabilize a portion of a spine. The implant may promote bone growth between adjacent vertebrae that fuses the vertebrae together. An implant may include an opening (112) through a height of a body of the implant. The body of the implant may include curved sides. A top and/or a bottom of the implant may include protrusions (130) that contact and/or engage vertebral surfaces to prevent backout of the implant from the disc space. A variety of instruments may be used to prepare a disc space and insert an implant. The instruments may include but are not limited to, a , distractor a rasp, and one or more guides. The implant and instruments may be …
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- Filed July 22, 2004 and granted September 18, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 22, 2024.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 22, 2026.
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