Granted Patent B2

US 8,673,006 · App. 12/804,867 · Granted Mar 18, 2014

Inventor: Frank Castro (Louisville, KY)

Assignee: IGIP, LLC

Abstract

Claims (24)

1. A spinal implant and an end cap for said spinal implant combination; said combination comprising:

a) said spinal implant;

b) a coupler comprising:

i) a spacer;

ii) a frontal plate including at least one opening for receiving a fastener for securing said coupler to vertebrae; and

iii) pins attached perpendicularly to and extending away from an inward side of said spacer; and

c) a bridge comprising:

i) an outermost section surrounding a generally trapezoidal aperture; said outermost section further comprising;

A) a surgeon facing side including a plurality of bores receiving said pins; and

B) a spinal implant facing side including bores therein; and

ii) docking slides for securely engaging a corresponding opening proximate a lengthwise end of said spinal implant.

2. A spinal implant and an end cap for said spinal implant combination; said combination comprising:

a) said spinal implant further comprising:

i) a cephalic lengthwise end and a caudal lengthwise end;

ii) a length greater than said spinal implant's width or said spinal implant's depth; and

iii) an opening associated with one of said lengthwise ends of said spinal implant;

b) a coupler comprising:

i) a frontal plate including at least one opening for receiving a fastener for securing said coupler to vertebrae; and

ii) one or more extensions; and

c) a bridge comprising:

i) bores receiving said extensions; and

ii) slides securely engaging a portion of an inward perimeter of said opening associated with one of said lengthwise ends of said spinal implant.

3. The end cap of claim 2 , wherein said coupler further comprises a spacer.

4. The end cap of claim 3 , wherein said bridge further comprises a spinal implant facing side including bores therein.

Assignments (8)

Continuity (7)