Intervertebral implant

US12376966B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

• Susanne Klingseis · Biberach, DE
• Irene Marx · Trossingen, DE
• Patricia Graf · Munich, DE
• Julian Reck · Scheer, DE
• Marie Salome Knubben-Belik · Rottweil, DE
• Mandy Kleinwechter · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 6, 2022
• Grant date: Aug 5, 2025
• Expiry date: Feb 27, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2002/4445
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An intervertebral implant for insertion into an intervertebral disc space between two adjacent vertebral bodies of a human or animal spine. The intervertebral implant has an implant top side, which defines a first vertebral body abutment face for abutting against a first vertebral body, and an implant bottom side, which defines a second vertebral body abutment face for abutting against a second vertebral body. The intervertebral implant comprises a frame structure with at least two support elements. The at least two support elements extend from the implant top side to the implant bottom side. The at least two support elements define support element longitudinal axes, which run transversely, in particular perpendicularly, to the first and/or second vertebral body abutment face.