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Intervertebral implant
Assignee: MICOMED ORTHO AG
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Filing: 1998-11-12
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Granted: 2000-11-07
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Expires: 2018-11-12
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to an intervertebral implant for insertion between two vertebral bodies of a spinal column, comprising a body containing two contact faces, whereby the body is designed as a hollow body, and the hollow body is formed by a side wall which has a convexly curved longitudinal wall portion and a concavely curved longitudinal wall portion as well as two convexly curved lateral wall portions connecting the two longitudinal wall portions with each other, whereby the radii of curvature of the lateral wall portions are smaller than the radii of curvature of the longitudinal wall portions.
Inventors
- 👤 Bernd Schafer
- 👤 Henry Halm
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 12:29
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/30; A61F2/44; A61F2/442; A61F2/4455; A61F2/4465; A61F2/46; A61F2/4603; A61F2/4611; A61F2002/30001; A61F2002/30108; A61F2002/3011; A61F2002/30112; A61F2002/30133; A61F2002/30138; A61F2002/30158; A61F2002/30316; A61F2002/30317; A61F2002/30324; A61F2002/30326; A61F2002/30535; A61F2002/30593; A61F2/30767; A61F2/30771; A61F2002/30772; A61F2002/30774; A61F2002/30784; A61F2002/30785; A61F2002/30787; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0004; A61F2230/0015; A61F2230/0017; A61F2230/0026; A61F2250/00; A61F2250/0014; A61F2250/0036; A61F2250/0037; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00005; A61F2310/00011; A61F2310/00179; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S606/00; Y10S606/907; Y10S606/91
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
An intervertebral implant for insertion between two vertebral bodies of a spinal column comprising a hollow body formed by a side wall, the spinal column having a dorsal side, said intervertebral implant having: a convexly curved longitudinal wall portion; a concavely curved longitudinal wall portion; and two convexly curved lateral wall portions connecting said convexly curved longitudinal wall portion and said concavely curved longitudinal wall portion, whereby the radii of curvature of said two convex curved lateral wall portions are smaller than the radii of curvature of said convexly curved longitudinal wall portion and said concavely curved longitudinal wall portion, and whereby said wall portions define two contact surfaces; whereby: the wall thickness of at least one of said two convexly curved lateral wall portions is greater than the wall thickness of said convex curved longitudinal wall portion and said concavely curved longitudinal wall portion; one of said two convexly curved lateral wall portions is provided with an instrument receptacle; and said instrument receptacle is formed as a hole provided with an internal thread.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
An intervertebral implant for insertion between two vertebral bodies of a spinal column comprising a hollow body formed by a side wall, the spinal column having a dorsal side, said intervertebral implant having: a convexly curved longitudinal wall portion; a concavely curved longitudinal wall portion; and two convexly curved lateral wall portions connecting said convexly curved longitudinal wall portion and said concavely curved longitudinal wall portion, whereby the radii of curvature of said two convex curved lateral wall portions are smaller than the radii of curvature of said convexly curved longitudinal wall portion and said concavely curved longitudinal wall portion, and whereby said wall portions define two contact surfaces; whereby: the wall thickness of at least one of said two convexly curved lateral wall portions is greater than the wall thickness of said convex curved longitudinal wall portion and said concavely curved longitudinal wall portion; one of said two convexly curved lateral wall portions is provided with an instrument receptacle; and said instrument receptacle is formed as a hole provided with an internal thread.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The intervertebral implant as defined in claim 1, whereby said convexly curved longitudinal wall portion, said concavely curved longitudinal wall portion and said two convexly curved lateral wall portions together have a kidney-shaped form.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The intervertebral implant as defined in claim 1, whereby said convexly curved longitudinal wall portion and said concavely curved longitudinal wall portion have the same radius of curvature.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The intervertebral implant as defined in claim 1, whereby said hollow body is provided with openings through said wall portions.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The intervertebral implant as defined in claim 4, whereby said openings are formed by holes.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The intervertebral implant as defined in claim 4, whereby said hollow body is provided with two rows of openings.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The intervertebral implant as defined in claim 6, whereby said two rows of openings are arranged symmetrical to each other.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The intervertebral implant as defined in claim 1, whereby said convexly curved longitudinal wall portion and said concavely curved longitudinal wall portion are curved in the form of a circular arc.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The intervertebral implant as defined in claim 1, whereby said instrument receptacle is situated in an intermediate area between a curved longitudinal wall portion and a curved lateral wall portion.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The intervertebral implant as defined in claim 9, whereby curved longitudinal wall portion is concavely curved.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The intervertebral implant as defined in claim 1, whereby said contact surfaces lie in planes that are situated at an angle to each other.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
The intervertebral implant as defined in claim 1, whereby the height of said concavely curved longitudinal wall portion is smaller than the height of said convexly curved longitudinal wall portion.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The intervertebral implant as defined in claim 1, whereby said concavely curved longitudinal wall portion lies on the dorsal side of the spinal column.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
The intervertebral implant as defined in claim 1, whereby said hollow consists of one of: metal, plastic, metal and plastic, metal and ceramic, and ceramic.
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