The present invention relates generally to spinal surgery and, more particularly, to devices for spinal fixation and spinal fusion having an improved mechanism to prevent the back out of screws.
Currently there are nearly 500,000 spine lumbar and cervical fusion procedures are performed each year in the United States. One of the causes of back pain and disability results from the rupture or degeneration of one or more intervertebral discs in the spine. Surgical procedures are commonly performed to correct problems with displaced, damaged, or degenerated intervertebral discs due to trauma, disease, or aging. Generally, spinal fusion procedures involve removing some or the all of the diseased or damaged disc, and inserting one or more intervertebral implants into the resulting disc space. Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) procedures provide unparalleled access to a desired spinal target site. The ALIF technique involves approaching the spine through the abdomen and exposing the front of the spine, as opposed to the side or the back. Approaching the spine this way generally allows for greater exposure and a more complete excision of the damaged disc. Introducing the intervertebral implant serves to restore the height between adjacent vertebrae (“disc height”), which reduces if not eliminates neural impingement commonly associated with a damaged or diseased disc.
According to one embodiment, a surgical fixation system is described including a plate dimensioned to span at least two bony segments, a plurality of apertures dimensioned to receive anchor elements, a plurality of anchor elements and plurality anti-backout elements disposed adjacent to each of the apertures dimensioned to receive anchor elements.
According to an exemplary embodiment, the anti-backout element comprises a biasing member and a locking slide. The biasing member is elastically deformable. In a first position, the biasing member urges the locking slide in a first direction in which at least a portion of the locking slide enters the aperture in the plate. Upon insertion of an anchor element, the anchor element may force the locking slide to move in a second direction opposite the first direction, deforming the biasing member and moving the biasing member to a second position such that the locking slide does not reside in the aperture of the plate. Once the anchor element is fully inserted through the plate and passed the locking slide, the biasing member urges the locking slide in the first direction into the aperture such that at least a portion of the locking slide covers the proximal end of the anchor element preventing the anchor element from backing out of the plate.
According to another embodiment, a spinal fusion implant assembly is described. The spinal fusion implant assembly includes a plate coupled to a U-shaped body, a plurality of apertures in the plate dimensioned to receive anchor elements, a plurality of anchor elements and a plurality of anti-backout elements.
The anti-backout element includes a biasing member and locking slide and operates in the same way as described above for the surgical fixation system.
According to an exemplary aspect, the plate and the U-shaped body of the spinal fusion implant assembly are constructed of different materials. When fully assembled, the spinal fusion implant assembly is dimensioned to be contained entirely within an intervertebral disc space.
Many advantages of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art with a reading of this specification in conjunction with the attached drawings, wherein like reference numerals are applied to like elements and wherein:
Illustrative embodiments of the invention are described below. In the interest of clarity, not all features of an actual implementation are described in this specification. It will of course be appreciated that in the development of any such actual embodiment, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developers' specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints, which will vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it will be appreciated that such a development effort might be complex and time-consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking for those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure. The spinal implants disclosed herein boast a variety of inventive features and components that warrant patent protection, both individually and in combination.
The surgical fixation plate 10 includes a first surface 12, a second surface 14, and a plurality of bone screw apertures 30 extending between the first and second surfaces 12, 14. Each bone screw aperture 30 has a corresponding anti-backout element 20 for preventing back-out of only one screw 38. The anti-backout element 20 resides in a recess 40 in first surface 12 of the plate 10 adjacent to the bone screw aperture 30.
The plate 10 may be provided having any number of different peripheral profiles, including but not limited to the generally rectangular peripheral profile set forth by way of example in the figures. The plate 10 may also be provided with or without a viewing aperture 40 formed between the first and second surfaces 12, 14 and positioned generally in the central portion of plate 10. The viewing aperture 40 functions to provide the ability to see or visualize the spinal target site after the plate 10 has been secured to the patient's vertebrae. It will be appreciated that the viewing aperture 40 may be provided in any number of suitable shapes or configurations without departing from the scope of the invention. Insertion tool recesses 32 may be provided on the lateral sides of the plate 10 for receiving at least a portion of an insertion instrument. By way of example only, the plate 10 shown in
The locking slide 22 has a medial face 36 for engaging the biasing member 24 and a lateral face 34 for engaging the head of a bone screw 38. According to the exemplary embodiment shown in
The spinal fusion implant assembly 100 includes a top surface 90, a bottom surface 95, two lateral sides, an anterior side 80, and a posterior side 85 (each defined relative to the regions of the target disc space when implanted). According to a preferred method of implantation the spinal fusion implant 100 may be implanted from an anterior approach such that anterior side 80 is the trailing side and posterior side 85 is the leading side during insertion. The plate 110 defines the anterior side 80 of the implant and includes a plurality of bone screw apertures 302, 304 each for receiving a bone screw therethrough. According to the exemplary embodiments, the screw apertures 302, 304 are positioned such that there is a lateral upper screw hole, a medial upper screw aperture, a lateral lower screw aperture, and a medial lower screw aperture.
The upper screw apertures 302 pass through the plate 110 at an angle such that when the bone screws 306 are inserted into the upper screw apertures 302, they extend from the plate 110 at an angle and penetrate into the vertebral body inferior to the implant assembly 100. By way of example only, the upper screw apertures 302 may be angled such that the bone screws penetrate into the vertebral body at an angle between 35 and 55 degrees, and preferably 45 degrees. Lower screw apertures 304 also pass through the plate 110 at an angle, but in the opposite direction of the upper screw apertures 302. Thus, when the bone screw 306 is inserted into the lower screw apertures 304, it extends from the plate 110 at an angle and penetrates the vertebral body superior to the implant assembly 100. By way of example, the lower screw apertures 304 may be angled such that the lower bone screws 306 penetrate into the vertebral body at an angle between 35 and 55 degrees, and preferably 45 degrees. The screw apertures 302, 304 may also be angled such that the distal end of the bone screws 306 converge towards each other. By way of example, the screw apertures 302, 304 may be oriented such that the bone screws 306 are angled medially between 5 and 15 degrees.
According to the exemplary embodiment illustrated in
According to one embodiment, the body 120 includes at least one radiopaque marker 126. Further, the body 120 may also include anti-migration elements. Anti-migration features are designed to increase the friction between the spinal fusion implant assembly 100 and the adjacent contacting surfaces of the vertebral bodies so as to further prohibit migration of the spinal fusion implant 100 after placement and during the propagation of natural bony fusion. Such anti-migration features may include ridges (or teeth) provided along at least a portion of the top surface 90 and/or bottom surface 95.
With regard to the embodiment shown in
According to the embodiments shown in
The spinal fusion implant assembly 100 may be used to provide temporary or permanent fixation along an orthopedic target site. Once deposited in the intervertebral disc space, the spinal implant assembly 100 effects spinal fusion over time as the natural healing process integrates and binds the implant 100 within the intervertebral space by allowing a bony bridge to form through the implant 100 and between the adjacent vertebral bodies. Top surface 90 and opposed bottom surface 90 are both adapted for contact with the upper and lower vertebra adjacent the disc space. Bone screws may be introduced through the screw apertures 300 and into the adjacent vertebral bodies to fix the implant assembly 100 in the desired position within the disc space.
According to an additional embodiment, the top and bottom surfaces 90, 95 may be angled between the anterior side 80 and posterior side 85. In lumbar and cervical applications, the posterior side 85 will preferably be shorter in height than the anterior side 80 such that the implant 100 tapers down from anterior side 80 to posterior side 85. For example, the posterior-to-anterior angle of the tapered top and bottom surfaces 80, 85 may range from 5° and 15° relative to a horizontal axis, and preferably 8° to 12°. In this manner, the implant 100 helps maintain the adjacent vertebral bodies in lordosis, which is the natural curvature found in the lumbar and cervical regions of the spine. The top and bottom surfaces 80, 85 may be configured in any number of suitable shapes to better match the natural contours of the vertebral end plates, such as, for example, concave, convex, or a combination of concave and convex.
Fusion may be facilitated or augmented by introducing or positioning various osteoinductive materials within cavity between the plate 110 and the body 120 and/or adjacent to the spinal fusion implant assembly 100 within the intervertebral space. Such osteoinductive materials may be introduced before, during, or after insertion of the exemplary spinal fusion implant assembly 100, and may include (but are not necessarily limited to) autologous bone harvested from the patient receiving the spinal fusion implant assembly 100, bone allograft, bone xenograft, any number of non-bone implants (e.g. ceramic, metallic, polymer), bone morphogenic protein, and bio-resorbable compositions, including but not limited to, any of a variety of poly (D, L-lactice-co-glycolide) based polymers.
This application is a non-provisional patent application claiming the benefit of priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/437,006, filed on Jan. 28, 2011, the entire contents of which are hereby expressly incorporated by reference into this disclosure as if set forth in its entirety herein.
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