Patent ID: 11890203
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. An intervertebral implant configured to be inserted into an intervertebral space, comprising:
a body having first and second ends and first and second sides connecting the first and second ends and defining a central opening, the first and second sides each including elongate openings, the first end comprising angled surfaces configured to distract adjacent vertebral bodies when the implant is inserted into the intervertebral space;
a first endplate disposed on an upper side of the body and including a first extension extending downwardly;
a second endplate disposed on a lower side of the body and including a second extension extending upwardly;
a translator disposed in the body, having at least two expansion portions connected by at least one bridge portion, and coupled to the first and second extensions of the first and second endplates such that the at least two expansion portions each engage a portion of the first endplate and a portion of the second endplate; and
an actuator screw disposed at least partially in the body and comprising external threading for rotatably coupling to corresponding internal threading formed along the translator, rotation of the actuator screw in a first direction causing the translator to longitudinally translate which causes the first and second endplates to move relative to the base from a contracted state to an expanded state, wherein in the contracted state, the first endplate relative to the second endplate is at a first angle, and in the expanded state, the first endplate relative to the second endplate is at a second angle greater than the first angle,
wherein the at least two expansion portions longitudinally translate in the same direction when the translator longitudinally translates.