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Intervertebral fusing device
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1994-11-25
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Granted: 1995-06-13
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Expires: 2014-11-25
Abstract
Abstract An intervertebral fusing device having a spring body portion interconnecting a first spiral ring mount and a second spiral ring mount. Each spiral ring mount having a spiralling projection on the outer surface. The spring body portion is defined by a plurality of spiral loops. The plurality of spiral loops and spiralling projection of the spiral ring mounts have a constant pitch. A mount cover and a head member are threaded into an internally threaded portion of a respective spiral ring mount thereby forming a chamber in which bone grafts affinitive to the cells and tissues of a vertebra may be housed. The spring body portion is similar in elasticity to the vertebra.
Inventors
- 👤 Chih-I Lin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 23:04
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/30; A61F2/44; A61F2/4455; A61F2/446; A61F2/442; A61F2/28; A61F2002/2835; A61F2002/30001; A61F2002/30108; A61F2002/30199; A61F2002/30224; A61F2002/30235; A61F2002/30289; A61F2002/30316; A61F2002/30329; A61F2002/30405; A61F2002/30535; A61F2002/30565; A61F2002/30566; A61F2002/448; A61F2220/00; A61F2220/0025; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0063; A61F2230/0069; A61F2230/0091; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00005; A61F2310/00011; A61F2310/00017; A61F2310/00023; A61F2310/00029
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
197 words
An intervertebral fusing device comprising a spiral elastic body having first and second longitudinally spaced ends interconnected by a spring body portion, the first end of said spiral elastic body being defined by a first spiral ring mount having an outer surface provided with a spiralling projection, the second end of said spiral elastic body being defined by a second spiral ring mount having an outer surface provided with another spiralling projection, said spring body portion being defined by a plurality of spiral loops, the first and second spiral ring mounts and the spiral elastic body being integrally formed with the spiralling projections provided on the respective outer surfaces of said first and second spiral ring mounts and the plurality of spiral loops of said spiral elastic body constituting a single thread having a constant pitch and shape from the first end of the spiral elastic body to the second end thereof for threadably securing said intervertebral fusing device to a vertebra, each of said first and second spiral ring mounts having an associated longitudinal thickness that is greater than a longitudinal thickness of any one of the plurality of spiral loops of said spring body portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
197 words
An intervertebral fusing device comprising a spiral elastic body having first and second longitudinally spaced ends interconnected by a spring body portion, the first end of said spiral elastic body being defined by a first spiral ring mount having an outer surface provided with a spiralling projection, the second end of said spiral elastic body being defined by a second spiral ring mount having an outer surface provided with another spiralling projection, said spring body portion being defined by a plurality of spiral loops, the first and second spiral ring mounts and the spiral elastic body being integrally formed with the spiralling projections provided on the respective outer surfaces of said first and second spiral ring mounts and the plurality of spiral loops of said spiral elastic body constituting a single thread having a constant pitch and shape from the first end of the spiral elastic body to the second end thereof for threadably securing said intervertebral fusing device to a vertebra, each of said first and second spiral ring mounts having an associated longitudinal thickness that is greater than a longitudinal thickness of any one of the plurality of spiral loops of said spring body portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
69 words
The intervertebral fusing device of claim 1, wherein both of said first and second spiral ring mounts include internally threaded portions, said intervertebral fusing device further comprising a mount cover and a head member, said mount cover being threadably attached to the internally threaded portion of said second spiral ring mount and said head member being threadably attached to the internally threaded portion of said first spiral ring mount.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
The intervertebral fusing device of claim 2, wherein said spiral elastic body and said head member form an unsealed chamber adapted to receive one or more bone grafts, affinitive to cells and tissues of a vertebra to which said intervertebral fusing device is adapted to be attached.
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