Patent ID: 9358120
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A spinal implant, comprising: an expandable coil comprising a hollow tube having a first end, a second end, and side walls defining a lumen, the hollow tube formed into a plurality of loops stacked in a height dimension, the plurality of loops having a space between lower and upper sidewalls of vertically adjacent loops such that the lumen has a coiled shape, the hollow tube having a substantially c-shaped cross-section in the height dimension, and at least one balloon deployable from the lumen of the coil into at least some of the spaces between vertically adjacent loops to expand the coil, wherein the implant, when the coil is expanded, has a height that approximates the height of an intervertebral disc, the height of a vertebral body, or the height of a spinal motion segment.