Patent ID: 11903847
Assignee: ZIMMER BIOMET SPINE, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A trial implant instrument comprising:
a handle including an elongate shaft;
a pressure sensitive trial coupled to the elongate shaft, the pressure sensitive trial including a superior end plate exterior surface configured to engage a first end plate of a first vertebral body, a separate inferior end plate exterior surface configured to engage a second end plate of a second vertebral body, and one or more lateral side surfaces between the superior end plate exterior surface and the inferior end plate exterior surface, the pressure sensitive trial having a non-adjustable thickness between the superior end plate exterior surface and the inferior end plate exterior surface; and
a pressure sensitive film disposed on at least one of the superior end plate exterior surface and the inferior end plate exterior surface, and further disposed on at least a portion of the one or more lateral side surfaces,
wherein the pressure sensitive film is operable to indicate whether a predetermined target pressure is achieved following contact of the first end plate of the first vertebral body to the superior end plate exterior surface, and further following contact of the second end plate of the second vertebral body to the inferior end plate exterior surface.