Patent ID: 11877935
Assignee: CAMBER SPINE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 5:
6. An implant, comprising:
a body having a superior surface, an inferior surface, an anterior surface, and a posterior surface, a superior-inferior axis extending through the superior surface and the inferior surface, a lateral axis extending laterally through the body in a direction substantially perpendicular to the superior-inferior axis, and an anterior-posterior axis extending through the anterior surface and the posterior surface and in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the superior-inferior axis and substantially perpendicular to the lateral axis;
a first deployable blade having a first retracted position in the body and a first extended position where the first blade extends outwardly from the body, the blade having a longitudinal axis extending in a direction of blade deployment; and
a blade actuating member that can translate through the body in a direction parallel to the lateral axis;
wherein, when the blade actuating member is moved in a first direction along the lateral axis, the first blade moves in a superior direction towards the first extended position;
the first blade having a channel-like geometry forming a substantially C-shaped cross-sectional shape in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first blade, the C-shaped cross-sectional shape being defined by a first portion extending in a direction substantially parallel with the lateral axis, a second portion extending from a first end of the first portion at a non-zero angle toward the posterior surface of the body, and a third portion extending from a second end of the first portion at a non-zero angle toward the posterior surface of the body;
wherein the blade actuating member is coupled to the first blade by a sliding joint; and
wherein the blade actuating member includes a channel and wherein the first blade includes a protruding portion that fits within the channel.