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Patent Inventor Names
Tyler Lipschultz0
Larry Wales0
Robert Kieval0
Wesley D. Johnson0
Date of Patent
June 29, 2010
0Patent Application Number
118678670
Date Filed
October 5, 2007
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
A method for distracting, in a given direction, and supporting the opposite endplates of a vertebral body includes consecutively inserting a plurality of wafers between the endplates to create a column of wafers. The column of wafers is oriented between the endplates so as to expand in the given direction as the wafers are consecutively added to the column to restore the vertebral body height.
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