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Endplate shaping device

US7147642B2 · kind B2 · utility

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31Claims
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Filing dateJun 19, 2003
Grant dateDec 12, 2006
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Expiry dateJun 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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