Patent · US Expired

Intervertebral implant

US6143032A · kind A · utility

366Cited by

15References

14Claims

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Assignee

Schafer micomed GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernd Schafer · Kipfenberg, DE
Henry Halm · Bissendorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 1998
Grant date	Nov 7, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S606/91
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

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.

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