Patent ID: 11957597
Assignee: PERCHERON SPINE, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. A device for positioning a spinal disc implant, the device comprising:
a pusher tube;
a first coupling bonded to a spinal disc implant, the first coupling including a threaded bore;
a second coupling comprising a cylindrical body and a threaded end extending distally from the cylindrical body, wherein the cylindrical body is bonded within a lumen of the pusher tube such that a distal end of the cylindrical body is flush with a distal end of the pusher tube, and wherein the threaded end extends distally from the distal end of the pusher tube, is removably coupled to the first coupling, and is configured to be received by the threaded bore of the first coupling; and
the pusher tube being configured to move the spinal disc implant out of a cannula and into position between a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body adjacent to the first vertebral body.