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View Edit Delete	FLO-2	In one aspect, the opening may have internal threads about the longitudinal axis. In addition, the expansion mechanism can include a screw member that may include a shank having threads that engage the internal threads within the opening. In addition, the screw member can have a diameter selected such that rotation of the screw member about the longitudinal axis by activation of the driver separates the upper plate from the lower plate by deforming the first lattice and the second lattice.	5	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	The driver of the expansion mechanism may include a head of the screw member connected to a proximal end of the shank. The screw member may include a tapered end connected to a distal end of the shank and the screw member may have a cross-sectional diameter greater than a height of the opening. The cross-sectional diameter of the screw member can be greater than a width of the opening.	6	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	In one aspect, the expansion mechanism may include a set of screw members and each can have a shank that includes threads that engage the internal threads within the opening. Each screw member of the set of screw members can have a different cross-sectional diameter.	7	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	The upper plate may have an upper lattice and the lower plate may have a lower lattice. The expansion mechanism can be configured such that activation of the expansion mechanism by the driver expands the upper plate and the lower plate away from each other along the cephalad-caudal axis. In addition, or alternatively, activation of the expansion mechanism may also move the first lattice and the second lattice away from each other along a medial-lateral axis by deforming the first lattice, the second lattice, the upper lattice, and the lower lattice.	8	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	The opening may have an ovoid cross-section that may have a height that is different from a width of the ovoid cross-section.	9	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	The first lattice and the second lattice may be made of metal. The first lattice and the second lattice each have a common pattern. The pattern, and/or the common pattern, may have one or more of a set of geometric shapes that include pores.	10	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	One general aspect can include an expandable intervertebral implant that may have an upper plate that may have an upper mesh, a first upper side, and a second upper side, a lower plate that may have a lower mesh, a first lower side, and a second lower side, a first wall that connects the first upper side of the upper plate to the first lower side of the lower plate, the first wall may have a first mesh, a second wall that connects the second upper side of the upper plate to the second lower side of the lower plate, the second wall may have a second mesh, an opening having a longitudinal axis between the upper plate, the lower plate, the first wall, and the second wall, and an expansion mechanism that may have a driver that expands the upper plate and the lower plate away from each other along a cephalad-caudal axis by expanding the first mesh and the second mesh and moves the first wall and the second wall away from each other along a medial-lateral axis by expanding the upper mesh and the lower mesh.	11	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	Certain embodiments may include one or more of the following aspects. The opening may have internal threads about the longitudinal axis and the expansion mechanism may have a screw member that may include a shank that may have threads that engage the internal threads within the opening, the screw member having a diameter selected such that rotation of the screw member about the longitudinal axis by activation of the driver expands, the first mesh, the second mesh, the upper mesh, and the lower mesh.	12	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	The opening may have an elliptical cross-section that may have a height that is smaller than a width of the elliptical cross-section. The first mesh and the second mesh may each have a first pattern. The first pattern and the height of the elliptical cross-section of the opening may each be selected such that activation of the driver of the expansion mechanism causes a predetermined increase in distance, a predetermined spacing, between the upper plate and the lower plate.	13	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	In one aspect, the first mesh and the second mesh may each have a first pattern and the upper mesh and the lower mesh may each have a second pattern. The first pattern and the second pattern may each be selected such that activation of the driver of the expansion mechanism causes a first predetermined increase in a distance between the upper plate and the lower plate that differs from a second predetermined increase in a distance between the first wall and the second wall.	14	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	The expandable intervertebral implant may have a proximal end and a distal end. The first mesh may span the first wall from the first upper side to the first lower side and from the proximal end to the distal end of the expandable intervertebral implant. The second mesh may span the second wall from the second upper side to the second lower side and from the proximal end to the distal end of the expandable intervertebral implant. The upper mesh may span the upper plate from the first upper side to the second upper side and from the proximal end to the distal end of the expandable intervertebral implant. The lower mesh may span the lower plate from the first lower side to the second lower side and from the proximal end to the distal end of the expandable intervertebral implant.	15	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	One general aspect can include an expandable intervertebral implant that may have an upper plate that may have an upper lattice, a first upper side, and a second upper side, a lower plate that may have a lower lattice, a first lower side and a second lower side, a first lattice that connects the first upper side of the upper plate to the first lower side of the lower plate, a second lattice that connects the second upper side of the upper plate to the second lower side of the lower plate, an opening having internal threads about a longitudinal axis between the upper plate, the lower plate, the first lattice, and the second lattice, and a screw member that may have a shank that may have threads that engage the internal threads within the opening, the screw member having a diameter such that rotation of the screw member about the longitudinal axis separates the upper plate from the lower plate by deforming the first lattice and the second lattice and separates the first lattice from the second lattice by deforming the upper lattice and the lower lattice.	16	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	The upper plate, the lower plate, the first lattice, and the second lattice may be made from titanium. The first lattice and the second lattice may each include a first pattern, a size of the opening, and a diameter of the screw member selected such that that rotation of the screw member about the longitudinal axis moves the screw member within the opening and expands the expandable intervertebral implant along a cephalad-caudal axis and along a medial-lateral axis to a target expanded configuration.	17	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	Spinal fixation procedures utilizing expandable intervertebral implants can be used to correct spinal conditions such as degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis, spinal deformities, or other spinal conditions through minimally invasive or invasive spinal surgery. For example, intervertebral discs can degenerate or otherwise become damaged over time. In some instances, an expandable intervertebral implant can be positioned within a space previously occupied by a disc between adjacent vertebral bodies. Such expandable intervertebral implants can help maintain a desired spacing between adjacent vertebrae and/or promote fusion between adjacent vertebrae. The use of bone graft and/or other materials within an area that includes an expandable intervertebral implant can also facilitate the fusion of adjacent vertebral bodies. Accordingly, a need exists for improved expandable intervertebral implants.	2	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	Figure 1A is a perspective top view of a proximal end of an expandable intervertebral implant 100, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure;	19	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	Figure 1B is a perspective top view of a distal end of the expandable intervertebral implant 100 of Figure 1A;	20	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	Figure 2A is a perspective top view of a proximal end of an expandable intervertebral implant 200, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure;	21	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	Figure 2B is a perspective top view of a distal end of the expandable intervertebral implant 200 of Figure 2A;	22	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	Figure 3A is a perspective top view of a proximal end of an expandable intervertebral implant 300, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure;	23	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM
View Edit Delete	FLO-2	Figure 3B is a perspective top view of a distal end of the expandable intervertebral implant 300 of Figure 3A;	24	Added by DJM 2 2021	2/18/21, 12:00 AM

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