Patent ID: 7972382
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A spinal stabilization device, comprising: a first member including a body extending along a longitudinal axis between a leading end and a trailing end, said body further including an outer surface and an opposite inner surface extending between said leading and trailing ends; a second member including a body extending along the longitudinal axis between a leading end and a trailing end, said body further including an outer surface and an opposite inner surface extending between said leading and trailing ends; and a spacer member extending between said first and second members, said spacer member including a collapsed configuration wherein said spacer member is substantially located between said first and second members with said first and second members adjacent one another and said leading ends of together form a round nose around said longitudinal axis and said spacer member is enlargeable to an expanded configuration wherein said first and second members are separated from one another; wherein said body of each of said first and second members further each include at least one side connecting said outer and inner surfaces of said body defining a respective one of first and second perimeters of said first and second members and in said collapsed configuration said spacer member is entirely located within said first and second perimeters.