IP Library Granted Patent US 8,657,832
Granted Patent B2
US 8,657,832 · App. 12/456,602 · Granted Feb 25, 2014

Method and device for implant deployment

Inventors: Thomas Purcell (Del Mar, CA); William Reimels (Oceanside, CA)
Assignee: Alphatec Spine, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,657,832
App. No.
12/456,602
Granted
Feb 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surgical implant insertion system for deployment and removal of an implant into a vertebral body. The system includes an actuation rod, an actuator handle coupled to the actuation rod, and an inserter locking tube disposed over the actuation rod and coupled to an inserter handle. Upon insertion of the implant into the vertebral body using the inserter handle, the actuator handle is turned causing the actuation rod to expand or compress the implant disposed at a distal end of the inserter locking tube.

Claims (23)

1. A surgical implant insertion system for deployment and removal of an expandable implant into a vertebral body, comprising:

an actuation rod including a distal end with threading that couples with a thread of a first distal end of the expandable implant;

an actuator handle coupled to a proximal end of the actuation rod;

an inserter locking tube disposed over the actuation rod and including a proximal end coupled to an inserter handle and including a distal end with threading that couples with a thread of a second proximal end of the expandable implant;

wherein upon insertion of the expandable implant into the vertebral body using the inserter handle, the actuator handle is turned causing the actuation rod to expand or compress the expandable implant coupled with the distal end of the inserter locking tube by applying force to the first distal end.

2. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a hydraulic assembly for hydraulically expanding and compressing the implant disposed at the distal end of the inserter locking tube.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the inserter handle includes a locking mechanism for interlocking the inserter locking tube.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator handle includes a stopping mechanism configured to prevent turning of the actuator handle past a predetermined angle.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the inserter locking tube is configured to accommodate different size and shape implants.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the implant is a stent.

7. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a bone biopsy cannula configured to be inserted through the inserter locking tube.

8. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the bone biopsy cannula can be configured to allow delivery of a bone cement.

9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein upon insertion of the implant, the implant can be configured to a deployed/expanded state within the vertebral body by rotating the actuator handle in a clockwise direction.

10. The system according to claim 9 , wherein upon insertion and configuration of the implant to the deployed/expanded state, the implant can be configured to an undeployed/unexpanded state to be repositioned by rotating the actuator handle in a counterclockwise direction.

11. A surgical implant insertion system for reducing spinal fractures of a vertebral body, comprising:

an expandable implant including a proximal end and a distal end;

an instrument for inserting and deploying the expandable implant including:

an actuation rod including a distal end that couples with the distal end of the expandable implant;

an actuator handle coupled to a proximal end of the actuation rod;

an inserter locking tube disposed over the actuation rod and including a proximal end coupled to an inserter handle and a distal end that couples with the proximal end of the expandable implant;

wherein upon insertion of the expandable implant into the vertebral body using the inserter handle, the actuator handle is turned causing the actuation rod to apply a force on the distal end of the expandable implant,

wherein the actuator rod applies a compressive force to expand the expandable implant to an expanded state for deployment within the vertebral body,

wherein the actuator rod applies a tensile force to contract the expandable implant to an unexpanded state for repositioning within the vertebral body.

Assignments (15)
CONFIRMATORY GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN UNITED STATES PATENTS Recorded May 12, 2026
From: ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.; SAFEOP SURGICAL, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 075560/0884 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL AT REEL/FRAME NO. 62310/0001 Recorded May 1, 2026
From: MIDCAP FUNDING IV TRUST, AS AGENT
To: ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.; SAFEOP SURGICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 075316/0001 →
RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME NO. 62681/0020 Recorded May 1, 2026
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT
To: ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.; SAFEOP SURGICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 075385/0575 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2023
From: ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.; SAFEOP SURGICAL, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 062681/0020 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2023
From: ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.; SAFEOP SURGICAL, INC.
To: MIDCAP FUNDING IV TRUST
Reel/Frame 062310/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AT REEL/FRAME NO. 028358/0193 Recorded Sep 27, 2022
From: MIDCAP FUNDING IV TRUST, AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO MIDCAP FINANCIAL, LLC
To: ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.; ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.
Reel/Frame 061553/0787 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL AT REEL/FRAME NO. 47494/0562 Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: SQUADRON MEDICAL FINANCE SOLUTIONS LLC
To: ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.; ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.
Reel/Frame 057177/0687 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2020
From: MIDCAP FUNDING IV TRUST
To: ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.; ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.
Reel/Frame 052832/0132 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2018
From: ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.; ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.
To: SQUADRON MEDICAL FINANCE SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 047494/0562 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2018
From: GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
To: ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.; ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.
Reel/Frame 047485/0084 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 22, 2016
From: ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.; ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.
To: GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 040108/0202 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2016
From: DEERFIELD PRIVATE DESIGN FUND II, L.P.; DEERFIELD PRIVATE DESIGN INTERNATIONAL II, L.P.; DEERFIELD SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND, L.P.; DEERFIELD SPECIAL SITUATIONS INTERNATIONAL MASTER FUND, L.P.
To: ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.; ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.; ALPHATEC INTERNATIONAL LLC; ALPHATEC PACIFIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 039950/0360 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2014
From: ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.; ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.; ALPHATEC INTERNATIONAL LLC; ALPHATEC PACIFIC, INC.
To: DEERFIELD PRIVATE DESIGN FUND II, L.P.; DEERFIELD PRIVATE DESIGN INTERNATIONAL II, L.P.; DEERFIELD SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND, L.P.; DEERFIELD SPECIAL SITUATIONS INTERNATIONAL MASTER FUND, L.P.
Reel/Frame 032551/0037 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 12, 2012
From: ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.; ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.; ALPHATEC INTERNATIONAL LLC; ALPHATEC PACIFIC, INC.
To: MIDCAP FINANCIAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 028358/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2009
From: PURCELL, THOMAS; REIMELS, WILLIAM
To: ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.
Reel/Frame 023041/0727 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61132499 · Jun 18, 2008
Related Publication 20090318928A1 · Dec 24, 2009