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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8216278
APP PUB NO 20100222816A1
SERIAL NO

12645289

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An expandable interspinous process spacer implant for insertion and/or implantation between a spinous process of a superior vertebral body and a spinous process of an inferior vertebral body, the implant comprising multiple pairs of legs joined in a scissor-like fashion and pivotally coupled to each other by one or more pins, where each leg has multiple slots along its longitudinal axis. The implant further may include a pair of bearing surfaces coupled between the legs via cross pins and a first plate and second plate each of which is coupled to a pair of roller pins disposed between a pair of slots on the legs where rotation of a fastener in the fastener holes of the first and second plate results in the first plate and the second plate being drawn toward each other causing the expansion of the height of the implant.

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  • SYNTHES USA, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bootwala, Zoher Wilmington, US 36 612
Coppes, Justin Downington, US 11 615
Gabelberger, Josef West Chester, US 19 543

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