Expandable intervertebral implant

- Stryker Spine
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an expandable intervertebral implant, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention shown in an unexpanded state.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the expandable intervertebral implant shown in FIG. 1, shown in an expanded state.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the expandable intervertebral implant shown in FIG. 1, the bottom view being a mirror image thereof.

FIG. 4 a top view of the expandable intervertebral implant shown in FIG. 2, the bottom view being a mirror image thereof.

FIG. 5 is a left-side view of the expandable intervertebral implant shown in FIG. 1, the right-side view being a mirror image thereof.

FIG. 6 is a left-side view of the expandable intervertebral implant shown in FIG. 2, the right-side view being a mirror image thereof.

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the expandable intervertebral implant shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the expandable intervertebral implant shown in FIG. 2.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the expandable intervertebral implant shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 10 is a front view of the expandable intervertebral implant shown in FIG. 2.

Claims

The ornamental design for an expandable intervertebral implant, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D626233
Type: Grant
Filed: May 4, 2009
Date of Patent: Oct 26, 2010
Assignee: Stryker Spine
Inventors: Robert Cipoletti (Pompton Plains, NJ), Thomas Alheidt (Sussex, NJ), Steven Willis (Montclair, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Charles A Rademaker
Attorney: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
Application Number: 29/314,842
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Prosthesis Or Implant (D24/155)