Patent ID: 11896496
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 5:
6. An intervertebral fusion device comprising:
a spacer having a superior surface, an inferior surface, opposing lateral surfaces, an upper guide, and a lower guide, wherein the spacer is adapted to be implanted between an upper vertebral body and a lower vertebral body; and
an anchoring device having an upper anchor and a lower anchor, wherein the upper and lower anchors are adapted to be simultaneously deployed into their respective vertebral bodies along the upper and lower guides when an anchor driver applies force to the upper and lower anchors simultaneously,
wherein the spacer is configured to expand such that the superior surface and the inferior surface can be extended in opposite directions,
wherein the anchoring device has a drive plate from which the upper and lower anchors extend, the drive plate having a through-hole for receiving a pull screw; and the pull screw is adapted to be threaded into a threaded hole arranged within the spacer for advancing the drive plate towards the spacer.