Patent · US Expired

Intervertebral implant

US6613090B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Aesculap AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Franz Konstantin Fuss · Singapore, SG
Ronald J. Sabitzer · Wien, AT
Stephan Eckhof · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 27, 2001
Grant date	Sep 2, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 13, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2310/00023
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In an intervertebral implant having an upper and a lower supporting surface for abutment with adjacent vertebral bodies, having a concave dorsal longitudinal side, a ventral longitudinal side lying opposite the latter, having a rounded contour at the two end faces connecting the longitudinal sides and having at least one hole extending through the implant from the upper to the lower supporting surface, in order to facilitate the introduction of bone material after insertion of the intervertebral implant into an intervertebral space it is proposed that in the region of the middle portion of the ventral longitudinal side at least one introduction channel for bone material, which extends through the implant, exits from the implant.

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