Patent ID: 11857429
Assignee: EIT EMERGING IMPLANT TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of deploying an intervertebral cage apparatus within an intervertebral disc space, the method comprising:
positioning an intervertebral cage apparatus in the intervertebral disc space in a first undeployed position, the intervertebral cage apparatus having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end along a distal direction, wherein the distal end of the intervertebral cage apparatus comprises a slot; and
applying a relative force to the distal end along a proximal direction opposite the distal direction with an implantation tool to cause the intervertebral cage apparatus to move from the first undeployed position to a second deployed position, wherein in the second deployed position the proximal and distal ends are closer together along a longitudinal direction that includes the proximal direction and the distal direction than in the first undeployed position, and translation of the proximal end is prevented as the intervertebral cage apparatus moves from the first undeployed position to the second deployed position;
wherein an outer member of the implantation tool engages the proximal end of the intervertebral cage apparatus, and pins of an inner member of the implantation tool engage the slot of the distal end such that the inner member engages the distal end during the applying step, and the outer and inner members are opposite each other along the longitudinal direction both when the intervertebral cage apparatus is in the first undeployed position and when the intervertebral cage apparatus is in the second deployed position.