US 11,806,245 B2
Expandable intervertebral implant
Uwe Spetzger, Wurmlingen (DE)
Assigned to EIT Emerging Implant Technologies GmbH
Filed by EIT Emerging Implant Technologies GmbH, Wurmlingen (DE)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/822,639.
Application 17/822,639 is a continuation of application No. 16/842,058, filed on Apr. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,426,286.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/986,156, filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0409386 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/442 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/4435 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0007 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0009 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for implanting an intervertebral implant, the method comprising the steps of:
inserting the intervertebral implant into an intervertebral space, such that a superior body of the intervertebral endplate faces a superior vertebra, and an inferior body of the intervertebral implant faces an inferior vertebra;
moving an actuator of the implant from an initial position to a first expansion position, such that the actuator urges the implant body to expand along a first direction of expansion without urging the implant body to expand along a second direction of expansion that is perpendicular to the first direction; and
subsequently moving the actuator from the first expansion position to a second expansion position, such that the actuator urges the implant body to expand along the second direction of expansion.