Intervertebral implant with deformable wedge
US6946000B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S606/91
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to an intervertebral implant including a wedge which is inserted between two spinous processes and has two opposite grooves in which said spinous processes engage, which grooves have substantially parallel axes, and each of which grooves is defined by two flanges. The wedge has at least one central opening between said two grooves and said central opening passes completely through said wedge along an axis Ac substantially parallel to the axes Ag1 and Ag2 of said grooves, which renders said wedge elastically deformable.
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