Trial intervertebral distraction spacers
US6607559B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 16, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2310/00365
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An intervertebral space distraction assembly including: a plurality of sequentially axially wider disc spacer elements, the sequential insertion and removal of which, into an intervertebral space effects a widening of the intervertebral space, such that a desired anatomical spacing of adjacent vertebral bones may be restored.
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