Patent · US Expired

Vertebral body and disc space replacement devices

US6758862B2 · kind B2 · utility

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56Claims
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Filing dateMar 21, 2002
Grant dateJul 6, 2004
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S606/911
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A vertebral replacement body device for supporting adjacent vertebrae includes a connecting member having an upper member and a lower member engaged thereto at opposite ends thereof. The vertebral replacement body device can have a chamber extending therethrough for fusion of the supported vertebrae.

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