Endplate shaping device
US7147642B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/1602
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An improved milling block for use in shaping endplates of opposing vertebral bodies, the block having upper and lower vertical slots for anchoring pins that allow free movement of the adjacent vertebral bodies and a laterally-moving vibratory cutting element.
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