Patent · US Expired

Pair of lumbar interbody implants and method of fusing together adjoining vertebrae bodies

US6942697B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

CO-Ligne AG · FR

Inventors

Robert Lange · Netphen, DE
Jacques Commarmond · Vichy, FR
Armand Linge · Richterswil, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 19, 2003
Grant date	Sep 13, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 19, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2230/0082
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The pair of lumbar interbody implants is designed to be pushed laterally in a space between adjacent vertebrae for replacing the disc between these vertebrae. Each implant comprises a first and a second saggital wall and an anterior wall at one end and a posterior wall at the other end. The two implants are asymmetric to each other and are therefore more appropriate for the transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. Preferably a first implant has a first saggital wall with an outer surface that is curved and a second saggital wall that is essentially plane.

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